Parenting news: archive
A haven in a crisis
spiked, 22 October 2008
With both the state and market proving unreliable, maybe families will look to each other for support in hard times. By Jennie Bristow.
Stop pointing the finger at parents
Times Online, 22 October 2008
Until we scale down the great expectations around parenting, we're all doomed to disappoint. By Jennifer Howze.
The Scouts should stick to tying knots
The Times (London), 21 October 2008
More and more sex education is failing to curb teenage pregnancy. Scoutmasters need not join in. By Ross Clark.
Ignoring a naughty child ‘is best tactic’
The Times (London), 21 October 2008
TV programmes such as Supernanny have popularised techniques such as the 'naughty step', according to a study of parents.
More open justice for families in the courts
The Times (London), 20 October 2008
Jack Straw wants family courts to face public scrutiny as criticism mounts from parents whose children are taken into care.
Scouts prepared for life’s adventures
The Times (London), 20 October 2008
Scout Association is to start teaching its young charges about sex, with advice and even visits to sexual health clinics.
It’s time for a clear policy on euthanasia
The Times (London), 20 October 2008
Assisted dying is not the same thing as assisted suicide: we need to tread very carefully - and sympathetically. By Libby Purves.
Blow to image of ‘green’ reusable nappy
Sunday Times, 19 October 2008
A government report that found old-fashioned reusable nappies damage the environment more than disposables has been hushed up because ministers are embarrassed by its findings.
Let us all rebuild the respectable society
Daily Telegraph, 18 October 2008
As hard times return, could respectability return, too? Should it? By Charles Moore.
How American motherhood ruined my life
The Times (London), 18 October 2008
We've been set impossibly high standards when it comes to raising children. What's wrong with benign British neglect? By Janice Turner.
Goodbye to all Sats: scrap the tests holding our children back
The Times (London), 17 October 2008
It starts at the age of 4 and it never seems to stop. But the overexamination of school pupils does nothing for standards. By Alice Thomson.
Recession could work wonders for British diet
The Times (London), 17 October 2008
Leading food writer says rising food prices will force people to be more 'canny' about where they shop and what they cook.
Tories say GCSE gulf shows rich-poor divide
The Times (London), 16 October 2008
Poor white working class district scores just 3% of pupils with five good GCSEs, against 100% in the top-performing area.
Elderly to get more protection from relatives
The Times (London), 16 October 2008
New measures are to tackle the growing problem of family members who exploit elderly people by stealing their savings.
Government scraps Sats for 14-year-olds
The Times (London), 15 October 2008
Schools Secretary said the Key Stage 3 National Curriculum tests will now be replaced with classroom assessment.
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