Parenting news: archive
Criminal record checks gone too far
Daily Telegraph, 30 October 2009
Criminal record checks have gone too far and are a "disproportionate interference" on people's lives, the country’s most senior judges ruled yesterday.
From paedophilia to speeding, bureaucrats need a sense of proportion over the risks
Daily Telegraph, 29 October 2009
The Government is overcautious about the risks not just from paedophiles but from all aspects of modern life, writes Eamonn Butler.
New vetting checks designed to protect children have gone ‘too far’, judges rule
Daily Mail, 29 October 2009
Teacher jailed over pupil affair
BBC, 28 October 2009
The head of English at a top Roman Catholic school in Lancashire has been jailed after he admitted having a seven-month relationship with a pupil.
Readers’ responses
Guardian, 28 October 2009
Letters.
Parents banned from watching their children in playgrounds… in case they are paedophiles
Daily Mail, 28 October 2009
Council bans parents from play areas
Daily Telegraph, 28 October 2009
Parents have been banned from supervising their children in public playgrounds, because they have not undergone criminal record checks.
Child register ‘not unreasonable’
BBC, 27 October 2009
The Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA), the organisation which the government has asked to look into new child protection laws, has found that many people will voluntarily decide to be ISA registered. Sir Roger Singleton, head of the ISA, discusses whether firms who do not need to be CRB checked, will end up with a competitive edge over those that do.
This inversion of power is teaching our children that aggression can pay
Guardian, 27 October 2009
Disruptive pupils are increasingly accusing teachers of assault, and the authorities are far too ready to believe them. By Jenni Russell.
Steep rise in Down’s pregnancies
BBC News Online, 27 October 2009
The number of Down's syndrome pregnancies has risen by more than 70% over the last 20 years, University of London researchers say.
It’s au revoir to foreign exchanges
The Times , 26 October 2009
With indifference and criminal checks likely to end school exchanges, we look back on an excruciating rite of passage. By Helen Rumbelow.
Paedophile checks even for those not working with children
Daily Telegraph, 26 October 2009
Employers will come under pressure to register staff with the Government's anti-paedophile database even if they have little contact with children, the head of the scheme has said.
Middle-class voices hush up a criminal waste of resources
Guardian, 21 October 2009
Independent Safeguarding Authority's vetting scheme will bar the right people from helping offenders. By Mark Johnson.
For Some Parents, Shouting Is the New Spanking
New York Times, 21 October 2009
Many in today’s pregnancy-flaunting, soccer-cheering, organic-snack-proffering generation of parents would never spank their children. But, incongruously and with regularity, this is a generation that yells. By Hilary Stout.
Why don’t more dads work part-time?
Guardian, 21 October 2009
Nearly two-thirds of fathers would like to spend less time at work and more time at home. What's stopping them? And what do those dads who have made the career sacrifice feel about their decision? By Stuart Jeffries.
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