Parenting news: archive
Families can sue council over birth defects
The Times (London), 30 July 2009
In the first case of its kind since the thalidomide scandal of the 1960s, youngsters born with deformities win landmark action.
Quarter of boys cannot write name aged five
The Times (London), 30 July 2009
Figures reveal start of the gender gap and back fears that the Government's early-learning targets are too ambitious.
New swine flu fears for pregnant women
The Times (London), 30 July 2009
Research in the United States indicates that expectant mothers are up to four times more likely to fall ill.
Save the Children paedophile sentenced to four years after pleading guilty to raping boy, 14
Daily Mail, 29 July 2009
Bullying the public
spiked, 29 July 2009
The latest NSPCC/ChildLine initiative on bullied children presents both adults and kids as toxic beings. By Helene Guldberg.
The ever-expanding world of mental illness
spiked, 28 July 2009
Redefining everyday problems and personality quirks as psychiatric problems is bad news for us all - and democracy. By Ken McLaughlin.
We must untangle the web of contradictions around breastfeeding
Guardian Comment Is Free, 28 July 2009
A focus on failure and guilt leaves little room for discussing the joy of feeding your baby. By Kate Evans.
Bottle-feeding support ‘lacking’
BBC News Online, 27 July 2009
Mothers who bottle-feed may not be getting enough practical information from midwives, research suggests.
Pay donors to end IVF eggs shortage, says watchdog
The Times (London), 27 July 2009
A ban on selling sperm and eggs should be reconsidered to address a lack of donors, the Government's fertility chief says.
No wonder we take a sickie - to avoid this swinish hype
The Sunday Times, 26 July 2009
By Rod Liddle.
Tears of a clown who will have to pay to entertain children
Independent, 25 July 2009
It's not just authors affected by the new child database. Chris Green meets the entertainers forced to sign up.
Beware The Scorn of the Dutiful ‘Breastfeeding Malcontents’
ConsciousBreastfeedingConnections.com, 25 July 2009
The scorn of the dutiful women who have breastfed but ended up feeling disempowered or unhappy with their experiences must be addressed. By Maire Clements.
Birth pains are nothing to celebrate
spiked, 23 July 2009
It was degenerate feminists, not ignorant men, who first argued that childbirth should be a painful rite of passage. By Stuart Derbyshire.
Older people are more than ‘food for worms’
spiked, 23 July 2009
Why this week’s revelation that there will soon be more over-65s than under-fives provoked another bout of hysterical anxiety about ageing. By Brendan O’Neill.
The joys of being an older parent
The Times (London), 23 July 2009
With all his friends looking forward to comfortable retirement, why would any man choose to embark on late fatherhood? By Richard Parkes.
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