Childhood development: More from Anne Wade’s memoir of a life lived in learning

‘Protesting against what is wrong is so much easier than the daily living out of what is right.’

by Anne Wade 7th February 2025

I was still working at Leigh House, the Quaker-led adolescent psychotherapy unit, when I was invited to some training for qualified nurses. As part of it, without warning, we had to give short presentations of various aspects of our work. I had always enjoyed telling stories and writing up case studies. After these presentations, I was asked to be an examiner, and invited to apply for posts as a tutor or matron, but I did not want to go back into a hierarchical power system.