Ms Suzanne Connolly:

I will make a quick point about empathy. One of the things I really like about the programme is that it teaches children about different temperaments. Some children are very active and some are less active. Some children can concentrate and some do not. Some will be taller than others and so on. In that way, children can get to understand how they are both similar and different. It goes back to that progression towards understanding the variety of human beings and relationships. It decreases bullying and aggression because not only have they observed each other with a baby, they have also observed each other and concentrated on a really positive shared experience about development. That is what contributes to the reduction of bullying in the schoolyard and outside of that. As adults we must model all the time for children.