Parenting news: archive
Internet hosts agree child safety rules
The Times (London), 8 December 2009
Web companies will be made to apply more effective privacy settings to keep young children away from pornographic sites.
Baby P doctors had ‘excessive workload’
The Times (London), 8 December 2009
Concerns raised by paediatrician taken seriously but staff shortages meant children not seen promptly, report finds.
‘Sick society’ warning as number of criminal checks on children doubles
Daily Mail, 7 December 2009
Ministers target depression in government policy shift
BBC News Online, 7 December 2009
Schools, employers and GPs all have more of a role to play in mental-health care in the UK, ministers say.
Now parents face criminal checks just to enter their children’s school
Daily Mail, 7 December 2009
School demands visitors are checked by Criminal Records Bureau
Daily Telegraph, 7 December 2009
Visitors to a school have been banned from entering unaccompanied unless they have been checked by the Criminal Records Bureau.
Obesity gene discovery ‘may cut cases blamed on abuse’
BBC News Online , 6 December 2009
Scientists have discovered what they believe is a genetic cause of severe obesity in children.
Slummy mummy: A run of bad luck
The Times, 5 December 2009
By Lucy Sweeney.
Health & safety can damage your reasoning
The Times (London), 3 December 2009
The safety culture is like censorship. Fear of breaking the rules stop us assessing real risks. By Melanie Reid.
It’s time to take risks with our children
The Times Alpha Mummy, 2 December 2009
By Jennifer Howze.
Paranoia infects the way we treat kids
Guardian, 1 December 2009
In its many intrusive policies, the government displays a fundamental mistrust of parents and children. By Henry Porter.
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