Parenting news: archive
Government responds to second ISA consultation.
Criminal Records Bureau, 30 May 2008
The Government today published its formal response to the recent consultation on the Independent Safeguarding Authority scheme for vetting and barring those who work with children or vulnerable adults.
The wrong handle on knife crime
The Times (London), 30 May 2008
In London fear leads to panic, which leads to the false belief that we need 'protection'. By Mick Hume.
Families struggle to afford formal childcare
The Times (London), 30 May 2008
Government study finds that Gordon Brown's childcare strategy has failed, with families relying on family and friends.
Emo kids are under attack. Are they scapegoats or sinenrs?
The Times (London), 30 May 2008
Woman freezes eggs for daughter, 10
The Times (London), 28 May 2008
Child left infertile by genetic condition must decide whether to conceive a test-tube baby before she turns 18.
Failings ‘put divorce children at risk of abuse’
The Times (London), 28 May 2008
A backlog of cases is leaving children vulnerable, particularly in family breakdowns involving domestic violence and abuse.
Striving for maturity without pain
The Times (London), 28 May 2008
The service set up to represent the voice of children in the courts has long been a target for attack from aggrieved parents.
Children ‘just want talent to be on TV’
The Times (London), 28 May 2008
Children think that being talented refers only to the skills of X-Factor contestants or footballers, a survey suggests.
I feel betrayed by Britain, says Victoria Climbie’s mother
The Times (London), 28 May 2008
Berthe Climbie, whose 8-year-old daughter was tortured and starved, says UK has failed to learn lessons from tragedy.
Schools to be graded on university admissions
The Times (London), 27 May 2008
Proposals being put to an influential body set up by PM are deemed 'unfair to low-ranking schools' by teachers' union.
Pushing all pupils to take a degree just isn’t right.
The TImes (London), 27 May 2008
Commentary by John O’Leary.
Amar Aslam, 17, beaten to death in weekend of violence
The TImes (London), 27 May 2008
An Asian teenager was beaten to death in a park in West Yorkshire after pitched battles between rival gangs of youths.
The Great American Baby Bottle Scare
spiked, 27 May 2008
Cynical official scaremongering about a harmless plastic in baby bottles has panicked moms and dads throughout America and Canada. By Nancy McDermott.
Schools in revolt over under-5s curriculum
The Times (London), 26 May 2008
A powerful coalition of England’s leading independent schools is demanding that the Government scale back its new national curriculum for the under-fives, claiming that it violates parents’ human rights by denying them the freedom to choose how they educate their children.
Family of murdered Robert Knox speak out
The Times (London), 26 May 2008
The family of the murdered Harry Potter actor called yesterday for tougher action against teenagers carrying knives.
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