Parenting news: archive
Mother’s junk food ‘harms child’
BBC News Online, 30 June 2008
Eating a poor diet when pregnant or breastfeeding may cause long-lasting health damage to the child, animal studies suggest.
Letters to The Telegraph
Daily Telegraph, 30 June 2008
Letters, 30 June 2008.
Adults are poor role models for today’s children
The Times (London), 30 June 2008
Children are not acquiring the basic moral values because the current generation of adults are such poor role models, says the Children's Society.
Write ‘f*** off’ on your exam and you get 7.5%
The Times (London), 30 June 2008
Pupils are being rewarded for writing obscenities in their GCSE English exams even when it has nothing to do with the question.
Literacy goal for under-5s to be watered down
The Times (London), 30 June 2008
New curriculum that requires young children to write simple sentences has been attacked by experts as 'overly ambitious'.
John Pinnington sacked after CRB check reveals unsubstantiated abuse allegations
Daily Telegraph, 29 June 2008
A care worker who was sacked after a criminal record check revealed an unfounded allegation of abuse is fighting a legal battle to clear his name.
Our little emperors: does worrying do more harm than good?
Sunday Times, 29 June 2008
A backlash has begun against the all-must-have-prizes culture that has produced children used to getting their own way. By Margarette Driscoll
Why you shouldn’t let your kids rule your life
Sunday Times (London), 29 June 2008
You’ve given up work to focus on your kids, but what about your mind? Katie Roiphe voices her concerns about modern child-centric parenting.
The family in therapy
spiked, 27 June 2008
Why we need a parents’ liberation movement. By Jennie Bristow
The high cost of invasive parenting advice
spiked, 27 June 2008
A striking new book argues that ‘invasive parenting’, ‘hyper parenting’ and even ‘death-grip parenting’ are turning out a nation of wimps. Is it true – and how did it happen? By Nancy McDermott
New child protection scheme planned
Press Association, 27 June 2008
A new vetting scheme to further protect children and adults from harm is to be introduced by the Scottish Government, it has been announced.
Are we overprotective of our kids?
Guardian, 26 June 2008
A new report argues that we're so scared of who is looking after our children that we're vetting too many people - a quarter of the adult population, in fact. Is that too many people? By Allegra Stratton.
Media coverage of ‘Licensed to Hug’
Parents With Attitude, 26 June 2008
The report 'Licensed to Hug', by Frank Furedi and Jennie Bristow, generated considerable press interest.
Girlguiding UK chief , Denise King is a champion for the modern girl
The Times, 24 June 2008
Learning to make tea to get a “hostess” badge? Hot-air ballooning on Mount Everest is more like it for modern Girlguiding UK.
Parents face school note for bad pack lunches
The Times (London), 24 June 2008
Parents who pack unhealthy lunches will get a note from schools sent home in child's lunchbox in healthy eating scheme.
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