Parenting news: archive
Live debate: when did feminism lose the plot?
The Times Alpha Mummy, 4 August 2009
Alpha Mummy will be hosting a live debate tomorrow at 1pm asking whether feminism has become a dirty word. With Jennie Bristow, Times leader writer Antonia Senior, and Antonia's 14-year-old sister, Elishna O'Donovan, who will be talking about what feminism means to her generation.
It’s not Facebook that’s doing down our young
The Times (London), 4 August 2009
The Archbishop of Westminster is just the latest in a long line of pessimists to be bewildered by a younger generation. By David Aaronovitch.
Grandparents are funding IVF, survey finds
The Times (London), 4 August 2009
Up to a quarter of couples having fertility treatment are turning to their parents for help. But there is a price to pay.
Teacher’s husband denies sexual assault
The Times (London), 4 August 2009
Court is told that 15-year-old student “recognised” her alleged attacker from a picture shown to class by her teacher.
One in five leave primary school unable to read
The Times (London), 4 August 2009
A quarter of boys and 15 per cent of girls left primary school unable to read and write properly,
CRB admits to month of bad decisions
Kable, 3 August 2009
The Criminal Records Bureau has wrongly identified more than 1,500 adults either as either criminals or as having a clean record.
Football check-up
The Times, 3 August 2009
Letters: Footballers and children.
Officials give 1,570 people criminal records by mistake over past 12 months
Daily Mail, 3 August 2009
Prepare for yet more scrutiny of our lives
Daily Telegraph, 3 August 2009
What sort of society plans to subject a quarter of its adult population to anti-paedophile tests?
Baby P case sees abuse calls rise
BBC News Online, 3 August 2009
The NSPCC has seen calls about serious child abuse to its helpline rise by more than a third since the death of Baby Peter, the charity has said.
Catholic leader: Facebook drives teens to suicide
The Times (London), 2 August 2009
Archbishop Vincent Nichols says relationships are being undermined by transient nature of social networking.
Why are our teenage daughters the unhappiest people in Britain?
The Sunday Times, 2 August 2009
Girls get the best exam results and university places. But the numbers experiencing psychological distress is rocketing. By India Knight.
Romance is the last thing a healthy marriage needs
The Sunday Times, 2 August 2009
By Jenni Russell.
She’s on benefits and pregnant for the 14th time - so should this mother be sterilised?
Daily Mail, 1 August 2009
A misanthropic commentary by A N Wilson.
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