Parenting news: archive
Maternity units ‘shut to mothers’
BBC News, 8 February 2009
More hospitals in England had to turn away women in labour last year because they were full, figures suggest.
Problem solved
Guardian, 7 February 2009
DNA details of 1.1m children on database
Guardian, 7 February 2009
Figures add to row over retention of information; 'Up to half' those included have no criminal record.
Swell idea
TES Magazine, 6 February 2009
Is teenage pregnancy always a disaster or could it be a rational choice for disadvantaged girls? By Nick Morrison.
Children don’t have such a hard time
Sunday Times, 4 February 2009
Research saying individualism and working women are breeding a damaged generation is flawed. By Daniel Finkelstein.
An act of extreme, wilful fecundity?
spiked, 2 February 2009
Why the birth of octuplets in California so speedily turned from a good news story into a finger-wagging morality tale.
Cuts cause new mothers to flock to GPs
The Times (London), 2 February 2009
Cost-cutting has led to a shortage of health visitors in London, causing GPs to be swamped by new mothers seeking advice.
Childcare Children pay the price
The Times (London), 2 February 2009
Archbishop of Canterbury says children’s lives are blighted by the long-hours culture that contributes to family breakdown.
Are our children really in crisis, or the victims of parents’ anxiety?
Observer, 1 February 2009
A major new report, out tomorrow, reveals that Britain's children are afraid of bullying, stressed by schoolwork and beset by concerns over relationships and abuse. But is 21st-century existence really that awful for our youngsters? Or is childhood being undermined by adult fears and aversion to risk? Amelia Hill, Caroline Davies and Gaby Hinsliff investigate.
Cure for the Facebook generation
Sunday Times, 1 February 2009
A landmark report on childhood says our greed culture has damaged them so badly they need lessons in love.
Widow to have child by her dead husband
Sunday Times, 1 February 2009
A woman has won the right to use her dead husband’s sperm without his written consent.
Jamie’s food fuels pupils’ brain power
Sunday Times, 1 February 2009
New research suggests that Jamie Oliver's healthy school dinners have helped to improve exam results and classroom attendance.
Two children should be limit, says green guru
Sunday Times, 1 February 2009
The government's green adviser has warned that couples who have more than two children are creating a burden on the environment.
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