WHEN the young Clare Baldingâs teacher, Mrs T, asked the class what theyâd all like to be when they grew up, Clareâs hand shot up and she answered brightly, âAn eventer.â
Mrs T responded, âOh, thatâs interesting, what do you want to invent?â
It wasnât the only time she felt misunderstood, and itâs just one of the tales that she recounts in her new book about resilience, Fall Off, Get Back On, Keep Going. Itâs ostensibly for children aged nine to 12, but like all good childrenâs books, itâs useful and entertaining for adults too and packed with inspiring case studies of successful athletes, personal anecdotes, friendly tips and advice.
Clare wrote the book because âI wanted to tell stories about my childhood that would have helped me if I could have read them; that classic thing of, âI wish Iâd known when I was 11 or 12 that it doesnât matter if youâre different.ââ
Sheâs candid and (also in the book) she shares a prime example of what sheâs talking about. Had she known that âyou donât have to change your behaviour to make yourself fit in, just stick with it, itâll be all right, look for things you can do that make you feel confidentâ, she might not have tried so hard to infiltrate the cool gang, which resulted in her being suspended from school for shoplifting.
She says this was her âabsolute rock bottom; the sense of shame was massive and feeling that everyoneâs talking about you â not in a good way â and you donât have a single friend in the universe and no one understands, your parents donât understand.â
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