I just picked up some kids TONK beanies for my little nephews today.

My nephews are little boys and full of beans, just like me and my brother used to be, which could often be translated to as being ‘little pains in the ass’ when we are tearing the place up and fighting or bouncing off and all over the settee after an episode of Batman and Robin!

My parents would go all a bit Victorian and close the whole show down administering the classic ‘go to your room’ – ‘no supper’ or dispatching the infamous ‘Slipper’!

I don’t have kids so I not even going to go there, but I love the possibility that like nature, we could somehow harness that energy, rather than close it down just so mum and dad can have a quiet life.

Instead of the slipper maybe a gymnastic club, a climbing wall or a trampoline centre would have been a better way to harness my personality rather than repressing it with ‘SILENCE!’.

If you have kids, just like terriers they need to ‘bounce’! I know I was one!

Even today I still need a run out! But the reality is my ‘today’ is still dictated by my early years.

Its these early years that we have the opportunity to nurture nature, to develop strengths and to become someone whose growth is more aligned with who we were designed to be.

KA-POW!