Parenting news: archive
Women less happy after 40 years of feminism
Sunday Times (London), 31 May 2009
Despite wealth, health and opportunity, men still more content says study by US National Bureau of Economic Research.
Paternity leave scheme shelved by Mandelson
Sunday Times (London), 31 May 2009
Plans were sharply criticised by small firms which complained that they would cost too much and create more red tape.
Mother ‘too stupid’ to keep child
Sunday Times (London), 31 May 2009
A woman has been forbidden from seeing her three-year-old daughter because she is not 'clever enough' to look after her.
Abortion doctor shot dead in US church
Sunday Times (London), 31 May 2009
George Tiller, provider of late abortions, has been killed in Kansas after having home bombed and been victim of previous shooting.
Join the movement for ‘Free Range Kids’
spiked, 29 May 2009
Lenore Skenazy, branded ‘America’s Worst Mom’ after she let her nine-year-old son ride the New York subway alone, has now written a manifesto for less panicked parenting and more childhood freedom. By Nancy McDermott.
Let the Kid Be
New York Times, 29 May 2009
Lisa Belkin looks at the latest trends in parenting literature.
Mummy bloggers know best
The Times (London), 28 May 2009
Companies are rushing to sponsor the increasingly popular blogs that offer tips on parenting. By Jennifer Howze.
Where are all the nice, normal dads in children’s books?
The Times (London), 26 May 2009
Fathers in children’s books are rarely positive figures. But as dads do more childcare, it’s time publishers took note. By Damon Syson.
Stop! Think! Do you really want that baby?
The Times (London), 23 May 2009
Having children is just something you do, right? Wrong. One mum believes that parenting is a vocation. By Afsaneh Knight.
In praise of the childless: the workforce heroes
The Times (London), 21 May 2009
Non-breeders work every bank holiday. By Carol Midgley.
Irish State ‘colluded to hide Catholic child abuse’
The Times (London), 20 May 2009
Victims vent their anger as major report reveals decades-long abuse of girls and boys in Catholic-run institutions.
Green child spies: snooping on adults
spiked, 19 May 2009
Recruiting children to spy on eco-unfriendly behaviour will churn out a new generation of sanctimonious busybodies. By Tim Black.
How to make your child more intelligent
Sunday Times, 17 May 2009
The ‘nature not nurture’ consensus on intelligence is being shaken up. By John-Paul Flintoff and Jonathan Leake.
Professor Severino Antinori: ‘Mother-to-be too old at 66’
Sunday Times, 17 May 2009
A businesswoman set to become Britain’s oldest mother at 66 has left it too late to be giving birth, according to the medical world’s leading advocate for motherhood in old age.
One mother’s response to co-ed dorms
Alphamummy, 14 May 2009
Interesting story of parent-child politics, posted on Alphamummy.
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