Parenting news: archive
TV ‘genius’ Gail Trimble leads the march of the bluestockings
The Times (London), 28 February 2009
Britain has a problem with clever women. By Alexandra Frean and Helen Rumbelow.
Spy under the bonnet reveals when young drivers take risks
The Times (London), 28 February 2009
Parents are monitoring their teenage children's driving with a spy-under-the-bonnet device that records any dangerous manoeuvre.
Rory Bremner: Our liberty is on the line. It’s time to act
Independent, 28 February 2009
It is not just laptops and memory sticks that are being lost: it is freedom.
Mosques and a native British Islamic culture
The Times, 27 February 2009
Letters: Islam is a universal religion and not identified by any single culture.
Satan makes room for parents who complained about disabled TV presenter
The Daily Mash, 25 February 2009
Parents who complained about a one-armed childrens' TV presenter will have their own very special corner of Hell, Satan confirmed last night.
Lay off the BBC’s disabled presenter
The Times (London), 25 February 2009
Chatroom comments from parents about Cerrie Burnell, the new CBeebies presenter, are just mindless wittering. Get a life. By Carol Midgley.
Paedophiles among 7,000 trying to work with children
Daily Mail, 23 February 2009
Almost 7,000 teachers with criminal convictions, some for paedophilia and manslaughter, applied to work in schools last year, startling figures show.
Rule change allows overweight smokers IVF
The Times (London), 20 February 2009
Lifestyle factors will no longer be allowed to exclude couples from fertility treatment under revised guidelines.
Commentary: green is not the only factor
The Times (London), 20 February 2009
With a three-week-old and a two-year-old and precious little sleep, nobody wants to waste time washing nappies.
Schools ‘failing to fire the imagination’
The Times (London), 20 February 2009
Discussion and problem-solving pushed aside while 'memorisation and recall are valued over understanding' says review.
Relief for parents’ disposable nappy guilt
The Times (London), 20 February 2009
Tiles, bicycle helmets and energy from methane could all be harvested from recycled babies' waste under a new scheme.
Peanut allergy hope after children ‘cured’ in trial
The Times (London), 20 February 2009
Allergic children's tolerance can be increased with small daily doses of peanut flour, clinical study in Cambridge shows.
Surveillance will cost more than £34 billion say Convention on Modern Liberty
The Times (London), 18 February 2009
The cost of running Britain’s state-run databases over the next ten years has soared to £34 billion, according to estimates from a new campaign against what it called the surveillance society.
A job at home for out-of-work dads
The Times (London), 17 February 2009
This recession is an opportunity to shake off our preconceptions about men's and women's roles. By Nick Clegg.
The Languages of Others
The Times (London), 16 February 2009
Britain's reliance on foreigners' willingness to learn English is self-defeating.
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