Parenting news: archive
Drinkers want children kept behind bars
The Times (London), 14 October 2008
In pubs across Britain children have become the most unpopular customers with drinkers calling on landlords to bar them.
Work to rule hits criminal record checks for prospective teachers, nurses and foster parents
Daily Mail, 12 October 2008
Criminal record checks could be delayed because of industrial action by civil servants.
Just give them grit
The Sunday Times, 12 October 2008
Health and safety concerns have led to children being wrapped in cotton wool. By Rachel Johnson.
Girl, 13, was given cancer vaccine ‘without consent’
The Sunday Times, 12 October 2008
A new row has broken out over the government’s programme of mass vaccination of schoolgirls against cervical cancer after a mother claimed her daughter received the jab without either of them consenting to it.
Motherhood boosts female brain power
The Sunday Times, 12 October 2008
Having a child rewires a woman’s brain, improving her mental agility and health.
All in the family
The Sunday Times, 12 October 2008
It's all change on the traditional 2.4 kids front. By Gemma Soames.
Help, we’ve been left at the mercy of our teenage children
The Sunday Times, 12 October 2008
By India Knight.
There are rewards for all in this crunch
The Sunday Times, 12 October 2008
As the New York mayor said after the 9/11 attacks, take the kids to the park, buy a pizza, see a show. By Simon Jenkins.
Comprehensive schools ‘are more exclusive than grammars’, study finds
The Times (London), 11 October 2008
The best comprehensive schools are more exclusive than grammars, with faith schools accounting for more than half of the 100 most socially selective secondaries in England, a study of new school selection has found.
The guide for the modern grandparent
The Times (London), 11 October 2008
Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall explores what we expect from the modern grandparent and how much time they should spend with grandkids.
Why the recession is a blessing in disguise
The Times (London), 10 October 2008
We'll smoke less, be fitter, thinner and greener. Oh, and the roads will be safer. There is a surprising side to a downturn. By Alice Thomson.
Why smacking is evidence of failure
The Times (London), 10 October 2008
Joan Bakewell admits to having smacked her children - but thinks it should be banned in case in creates 'children who are resentful, uncooperative and truculent', who 'turn up on programmes such as Supernanny ... running rings round their parents and creating mayhem in their households.' Another case of do as I say and not as I do.
Academy head quits in row with sponsor
The Times (London), 10 October 2008
Kettering Academy's Christian backer upset by decision to give man who secretly filmed pupil having sex a second chance.
Pupils’ well-being to be measured
BBC News, 9 October 2008
Ofsted is to use parents' and pupils' views on issues such as how a school discourages drug and alcohol use and offers relationship guidance.
Children to learn the dangers of extremism
The Times (London), 9 October 2008
Schoolchildren are to be taught about violent extremism in attempt to tackle radicalisation and indoctrination of teenagers.
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