Parenting news: archive
Fond fathers nurture a family revival
Sunday Times, 22 March 2009
Research shows that fathers are taking a more equal share in raising children as the nuclear family makes a comeback.
10 government databases ‘will break the law’
Sunday Times, 22 March 2009
At least 10 of the giant government databases built or planned by ministers unlawfully breach privacy, according to a report.
UK population must fall to 30m, says Porritt
Sunday Times, 22 March 2009
A leading green adviser is to warn that Britain must drastically reduce its population if it is to build a sustainable society
Women may not keep own stem cells
Sunday Times, 22 March 2009
NHS hospitals are banning mothers from paying to collect blood from their babies to use as a source for future treatment.
G20 puts cut-price Jamie on menu
Sunday Times, 22 March 2009
Jamie Oliver has been invited by Gordon Brown to cook at No 10 for President Barack Obama and other leaders of the G20.
Baby dies after court decision
Sunday Times, 22 March 2009
The nine-month-old boy known only as OT, whose parents lost a High Court battle to keep him alive, has died in hospital
Call for school travel shake-up
BBC News Online, 22 March 2009
Ministers and English local authorities must provide more alternatives to car travel for pupils, MPs have said.
Information share to protect the vulnerable
Kable, 19 March 2009
Public and private sector employers have been told to share relevant information with the authority charged with safeguarding vulnerable people.
Giving competitive dads the red card
spiked, 18 March 2009
With its new ‘Respect’ agenda, the Football Association is demonising a key figure in youth sport: demanding dads. By Dan Travis.
Child sex warning scheme expanded
BBC News Online, 16 March 2009
A pilot scheme allowing parents to check with police if someone close to their children has a history of child sex offending is being expanded.
The case against breast-feeding
The Atlantic, 16 March 2009
In certain overachieving circles, breast-feeding is no longer a choice - it’s a no-exceptions requirement, the ultimate badge of responsible parenting. Yet the actual health benefits of breast-feeding are surprisingly thin, far thinner than most popular literature indicates. Is breast-feeding right for every family? Or is it this generation’s vacuum cleaner - an instrument of misery that mostly just keeps women down? By Hanna Rosin.
Lord Laming report: ‘We must never leave children in danger just to save a £4,000 fee’
The Times (London), 13 March 2009
A £4,000 court fee for taking a child into care that was introduced last May could be scrapped under reforms to avoid a repeat of the Baby P tragedy.
Early alert is key to protecting lives, says health regulator
Sunday Times, 13 March 2009
Doctors, nurses and health visitors must do more to protect children and raise “early alerts” over suspected violence or child abuse, the health regulator says.
Anti-natal
Guardian, 13 March 2009
I had no idea until I looked in the mirror at the gym. Unbelievably, I'm pregnant again - and 20 weeks. By Zoe Williams.
German school killer Tim Kretschmer may have targeted women
The Times (London), 11 March 2009
Almost all the victims of a 17-year-old gunman who went on a killing spree at his former high school in Germany were women and had been shot in the head.
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