Parenting news: archive
Cancer jab ‘unlikely’ death cause
BBC News Online, 30 September 2009
A girl who died shortly after being given a cervical cancer vaccine had a "serious underlying medical condition", an NHS Trust has said.
Gordon Brown is missing the point on childcare
Daily Telegraph, 30 September 2009
Whatever he said in his speech, Gordon Brown's Government has made life difficult for working mothers, says Melanie McDonagh.
Two policewomen’s crawling babies are nothing to do with Ofsted
The Times (London), 29 September 2009
A government’s job is to protect us from strangers, not our mates. By Libby Purves.
‘No excuses’ over family’s deaths
BBC News Online, 29 September 2009
There were "no excuses" for failings which contributed to the deaths of a mother and daughter who were hounded by youths, the home secretary has said.
Prime Minister slams bad parents
The Guardian, 29 September 2009
'Starting now and right across the next Parliament every one of the 50,000 most chaotic families will be part of a family intervention project – with clear rules, and clear punishments if they don't stick to them', Brown told the Labour party conference.
Ofsted childminding rules ‘to be reviewed’
Daily Telegraph, 28 September 2009
New rules forcing adults to register with Ofsted before looking after their friends’ children may be scrapped amid claims they “defy common sense”.
Guess what? You might be breaking Ofsted’s rules too
Alpha Mummy, 28 September 2009
By Jennifer Howze.
It takes a village to raise a child? Not anymore
spiked, 28 September 2009
Officialdom’s demonisation of two women over their babysitting arrangements is symptomatic of today’s out-of-control child-protection industry. By Frank Furedi.
Working mothers’ children unfit
BBC News Online, 28 September 2009
Children whose mothers work are less likely to lead healthy lives than those with "stay at home" mothers, a study says.
Confessions of a home-schooler
Salon, 28 September 2009
Call us crackpots, but our kids spend their days at beaches and museums, not in school. By Andrew O'Hehir.
Family court experts must be open to scrutiny
The Times (London), 28 September 2009
The naming of witnesses and childcare practitioners could reduce miscarriages of justice as well as cut costs and delays.
Review of babysitting ban ordered
BBC News Online, 28 September 2009
The Children's Minister has ordered a review of the case of two police officers told they had broken the law by caring for each other's children.
The bullying of common sense
Sunday Times, 27 September 2009
What sort of culture allows a school dinner lady to be sacked for telling a seven-year-old’s parents she had been bullied? By Richard Woods and Richard Goss.
The kids are seething and it’s the fault of our generation
Sunday Times, 27 September 2009
By India Knight.
Dinner lady Carol Hill is a victim of Labour’s weasel mindset
Sunday Times, 27 September 2009
By Minnette Marrin.
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