Parenting news: archive
How a parent can be barred from collecting his own child from the Scout hall
Daily Telegraph, 15 September 2009
Letters, 15 September 2009.
Ministers retreat on child database
Independent, 15 September 2009
Intensive parenting
Society Today, 15 September 2009
In 21st century Britain parenting has become disassociated from childrearing. By Frank Furedi.
Review of vetting and barring scheme won’t delay start date
Children & Young People Now, 15 September 2009
A government review of the new vetting and barring scheme will not affect next month's start date, the Department for children, Schools and Families (DCSF) has confirmed.
Soham officer says ministers creating ‘paranoia’
The Times (London), 15 September 2009
Chris Stevenson, who led inquiry into Soham murders, was ordered to stop taking pictures of his grandson playing football.
Hey, teachers, leave us kids at home…
The Times (London), 15 September 2009
As protesters gather against restrictions on home schooling, Caitlin Moran gives a learned riposte on the benefits.
Letters
Independent, 14 September 2009
Parent drivers ‘shouldn’t over-react to vetting moves’
Daily Telegraph, 14 September 2009
Proposed vetting procedures for parents who regularly drive groups of children on behalf of sports or social clubs are not intended to create mistrust between adults and children, the chairman of a Home Office agency has said.
This vetting monster will harm children
Daily Telegraph, 14 September 2009
Protests about treating adults as potential paedophiles are too late, says Philip Johnston.
Government agency defends parent-vetting scheme
Guardian, 14 September 2009
Independent Safeguarding Authority denies plan to check adults who drive groups of children is intended to create mistrust.
Those who blamed the state for Baby P now cry freedom
Guardian, 14 September 2009
Ministers are on a hiding to nothing: negligent in cases of harm, intrusive when checking on adults helping out with children. By Polly Toynbee.
Paedophile checks scheme defended
BBC News Online, 14 September 2009
The man in charge of the body overseeing vetting of those who work with children tells critics of the scheme to "calm down".
Vulnerable people? Quick, draft a law
The Times (London), 14 September 2009
Have the architects of the cockamamie child vetting scheme actually met a child? By Libby Purves.
Ministers ‘must act’ over child internet safety
The Times (London), 14 September 2009
Children are at risk online because moves to make the web safer have stalled, says specialist who drew up action plan.
Parents questioned after girl, 8, hangs in bedroom
The Times (London), 14 September 2009
Charlotte Moody, who was known to social services, was found at hanging in the family home in Mansfield.
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