The Prime Minister Problem .. or all of ours?

<p>I had a chat with children's author Brenton Cullen this week about his beautiful, warm and deeply relevant book The Prime Minister Problem </p><p><em>"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." </em></p><p>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</p><p>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. </p><p>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 <em>Bringing Community Back Together</em> — and I could not have asked for a better place to begin. </p><p>For more info go to heartandsoulstory.com</p><p>Pre order the Book https://rivetedpress.com.au/bookshop/the-prime-minister-problem-pre-order</p>