Hello, good evening, everyone. It’s great to be here and thank you so much for having me.

And thank you Alex for introducing me.

I’m so pleased to see parents being championed today.

They must be at the centre of any conversation we have about education and our children.

Because parents are the single biggest influence on their lives.

Their first friend. Their first teacher. Their first source of meaning.

Parents live it and breathe it, every day.

Dealing with everything a screaming toddler can throw at you.

Dealing with everything an angsty teenager can throw at you.

The love, the worry, the joy, the sleepless nights, the homework, all the time spent standing beside a frozen pitch in the middle of winter cheering them on.

Parenting is challenging and rewarding and maddening and

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