Parenting news: archive
The state-sanctioned bullying of fat kids
spiked, 30 July 2008
Why is Britain opening so many ‘fat camps’? The evidence suggests they don’t work, and only make overweight children feel isolated and ashamed. By Patrick Basham and John Luik.
Teachers: leave those kids’ emotions alone
Daily Telegraph, 29 July 2008
Jane Sandeman, convenor of the Institute of Ideas Parents' Forum, writing on the 'Ways and Means' blog.
We need cheap flights
The Times (London), 29 July 2008
Environmentalists will cheer if fuel prices ground the budget airlines, but they should think twice. By Alice Thomson.
Exam watchdog takes over marking in tests row
The Times (London), 29 July 2008
The company at the centre of the school-testing fiasco has been barred from overseeing the re-marking of papers.
Sikh girl wins right to wear bangle at school
The Times (London), 29 July 2008
Sarika Watkins-Singh, 14, who took fight for religious bangle to the High Court has won a landmark discrimination claim.
Grandparents awake to new spirit of adventure
The Times (London), 28 July 2008
The baby-boom generation is redefining the stereotypical blue-rinse image of the elderly by becoming active, adventurous grandparents, research has suggested.
Hey kiddo, leave the drive-by sassing to us grown-ups
The Times (London), 28 July 2008
Kids aren't terribly witty. They've written very few Broadway comedies or effervescently observational novellas. By Caitlin Moran.
Answer the question with Chris Woodhead
The Sunday Times, 27 July 2008
A silly lapse at 18 should not leave your career path in ruins.
Dear Parents: Please Relax, It’s Just Camp
New York Times, 26 July 2008
A dozen 9-year-old girls in jelly-bean-colored bathing suits were learning the crawl at Lake Bryn Mawr Camp one recent morning. Their parents, meanwhile, were bombarding the camp with calls.
One single way to improve IVF treatment
The Times (London), 25 July 2008
NHS penny-pinching is behind the dangerously high number of test-tube twins. For safety's sake we must change the rules. By Mark Henderson.
Baby Bust!
Reason magazine, 25 July 2008
The world is panicking over birthrates. Again. By Kerry Howley.
Lying to your children isn’t a crime
The Times (London), 25 July 2008
The way the Darwins treated their sons may be cruel. But it doesn't deserve a harsher sentence. By Libby Purves.
‘Fake Facebook profile’ victim awarded £22,000
The Times (London), 25 July 2008
Bullies who use social networking sites to target victims are warned after man wins libel case against former school friend.
Authors unite against drive for toddler literacy
The Times (London), 24 July 2008
A powerful lobby of leading authors and educationists accuses the Government of setting children up for failure.
Parents to be punished for children’s net piracy
The Times (London), 24 July 2008
Parents whose children download music and films illegally will be blacklisted and have their internet access curbed under government reforms to fight online piracy.
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