Parenting news: archive
Daddy’s girl no longer
Sunday Times, 25 January 2009
These days any woman who lies about the identity of a child’s father takes a huge risk. By Rachel Johnson.
Empty nesters fill home with more happiness
Sunday Times, 25 January 2009
Once children leave home their parents’ relationship enjoys a new lease of life as they rediscover coupledom, says new research.
‘Soviet’ Britain swells amid the recession
Sunday Times , 25 January 2009
Study finds the government’s share of output and expenditure has now surged to more than 70% in some areas of England.
Women losing jobs twice as fast as men
The Times (London), 25 January 2009
A group of senior women ministers have warned Gordon Brown that the recession may tarnish Labour’s record on equal rights.
Is consumerism really dead?
The Times (London), 24 January 2009
Advice from the nation's moral guardians that we should all cut our spending is patronising and wearily predictable. By David Aaronovitch.
Mentor turns on his protégée, as Nicolas Sarkozy forces Rachida Dati to quit
The Times (London), 24 January 2009
The glamorous but troublesome politician who returned to work five days after giving birth, has been forced to quit President Sarkozy’s Government.
Kids are smarter than we think
Sunday Times, 24 January 2009
Children make adults look slow witted: their response to every offer is wariness of some rip-off. By Janice Turner.
Say goodbye to the yummy mummy
The Times (London), 24 January 2009
It's time for Comeback Mum. Now that few mothers can afford to stay at home, working mums' offspring will thrive. By Sarah Vine and Ruth Gledhill.
Ex-offenders should be our secret weapon, not outcasts
Guardian, 21 January 2009
By Mark Johnson.
Education at home ‘can cover abuse and neglect’
The Times (London), 20 January 2009
Children's Minister has ordered a review of the rules covering the estimated 20,000 home-educated children in England.
Baby Food
The New Yorker, 19 January 2009
If breast is best, why are women bottling their milk? By Jill Lepore.
Women’s last secret: money scares them
Sunday Times, 18 January 2009
Even after 40 years of feminism, women still want a Prince Charming to take care of the big things for them. By Margarette Driscoll.
Parents’ playpen coup
Sunday Times, 18 January 2009
We’ve all become grimly used by now to the excesses of hyper-parenting – it’s been richly documented. By Rachel Johnson.
Stuck in the myth of social immobility
Sunday Times, 18 January 2009
One thing is never asked: what would be an ideal or even desirable level of social mobility? By Dominic Lawson.
An ugly quest for perfect embryos
Sunday Times, 18 January 2009
The day when women sit around at home screening themselves for imperfections doesn’t seem far off. By India Knight.
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