Parenting news: archive
Experts slam ‘unscientific’ GCSE science exam
The Times (London), 16 July 2009
Panel of experts finds that some exam questions relied on an understanding of grammar rather than science or maths.
Australia’s not all about surf and sun
The Times (London), 16 July 2009
It’s fantastic that a schoolboy decided that he’d had enough of bars and headed into the Blue Mountains. By Alice Thomson.
NHS ‘failing to protect children after Baby P’
The Times (London), 16 July 2009
Regulator's report in wake of torture and death of Baby P finds that only half of NHS staff trained in child protection.
Philip Pullman refuses to undergo ‘insulting’ child safety check
The Daily Telegraph, 16 July 2009
The best-selling author will be banned from reading his books in schools because he refuses to be vetted for a new anti-paedophile database that he said 'assumes my guilt'.
Anthony Horowitz: This law reflects a twisted view of society
Independent, 16 July 2009
Leading article: Brought to book?
Independent, 16 July 2009
Demand for state school places soars
The Times (London), 15 July 2009
One in five councils has reported that the recession is forcing parents to forgo privately educating their children.
The Criminal Gossip Bureau can ruin your job prospects
Guardian, 15 July 2009
Government agencies are making a mockery of individual privacy. And it could play into the hands of the Conservatives. By Zoe Williams.
Museums are not playgrounds
spiked, 14 July 2009
Museums are good for children, but campaigns to make them more ‘family-friendly’ are bad for kids, adults and culture. By Tiffany Jenkins.
Bottle-feeding with formula milk ‘may risk baby’s health’
Daily Telegraph, 14 July 2009
New mothers who bottle-feed could be putting their baby's health at risk due to mistakes with formula milk, researchers said.
Does the establishment want to keep you from having an epidural?
The Times Alphamummy, 13 July 2009
One of the country's most influential midwives, Dr Denis Walsh, has told the Observer that women should be prepared to withstand the pain of childbirth because epidurals carry serious risks, impede bonding and interfere with birth as rite of passage.
Men urged to teach in primaries
BBC News Online, 13 July 2009
A drive has been launched to attract more men into becoming primary school teachers in England.
Why we can forget the naughty step
The Times (London), 11 July 2009
We’ve lost the art of relaxing around our children. Joanna Simmons explains why a newspaper and a coffee are essential tools of parenting.
Who’s afraid of billions of people?
spiked, 9 July 2009
In the run-up to the UN’s World Population Day, spiked argues against all attempts to cajole, coerce or convince people into having fewer kids. By Brendan O’Neill.
Dinner lady suspended ...
Daily Mail, 7 July 2009
after telling parents that daughter had been tied up and whipped with skipping rope.
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