TY - JOUR T1 - Highlights from this issue JF - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed SP - 321 LP - 321 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2020-321061 VL - 105 IS - 6 AU - Ian D Wacogne Y1 - 2020/12/01 UR - http://ep.bmj.com/content/105/6/321.abstract N2 - ‘The unexamined life is not worth living.’ Now, full disclosure, I have to declare that it was not my brilliant memory, but a search engine which told me that this was Plato, recalling the words of Socrates (at his trial for impiety and corrupting youth, which are interesting ideas, but a couple of threads of thought that I won’t be following here). I’m presuming that you mostly live examined lives. It’s one of the duties outlined by our professional bodies. It’s also one of the reasons you’ve opened this journal, or clicked to access this page. The desire to know more, understand better, and improve ourselves is key to our professional development, for the service we provide to children. The trouble with this is acknowledging when we’ve been less than we should have … ER -