The Prime Minister Problem .. or all of ours?

I had a chat with children's author Brenton Cullen this week about his beautiful, warm and deeply relevant book The Prime Minister Problem

"Old folks might feel a little left out. Lonely. So they hide away. They can seem angry or sad — but they might just want a friend."

This is a children's book. Yet it captures something that researchers, clinicians and community workers spend entire careers trying to articulate with the same depth. It gently points to something many of us are sensing — that ​as we fragment and become too 'busy' as a community, so too does our everyday experience of connection and belonging

Brenton Cullen writes about a boy, his grandmother, Meals on Wheels rounds, and the quiet devastation of an older person being moved far from the community that knows them.

It is a story written for children, but it is most definitely a story for all of us. After over 7 years working on ways to increase intergenerational connection, this is the first episode of Bringing Community Back Together — and I could not have asked for a better place to begin.

For more info go to heartandsoulstory.com

Pre order the Book https://rivetedpress.com.au/bookshop/the-prime-minister-problem-pre-order