Parenting news: archive
Do you praise your children too much?
The Times (London), 28 January 2010
It's not good to boost your children's confidence too much, says a new book. The authors believe that everything we think about raising our offspring is wrong. By Helen Rumbelow.
Tories must talk about the next generation
The Times (London), 27 January 2010
A seminal new book about families and fairness could provide the missing soundtrack to current Conservative thinking. By Daniel Finkelstein.
The moral is: question your motives, parents
The Times (London), 25 January 2010
Callous neglect, ‘mercy killing’ and sickness-faking — three extreme cases reveal some awkward truths about parenting. By Libby Purves.
‘Sarah’s Law’ paedophile scheme gets go-ahead
The Times (London), 25 January 2010
Victory for campaigners as new law will allow parents to check if anyone in contact with their children is a paedophile.
Britain needs to change its working attitude to the over-50s
The Times (London), 25 January 2010
By Baroness Prosser.
This social work by computer system is protecting no one
The Sunday Times, 24 January 2010
By Jenni Russell.
Earning £50k? Then you should be forced to look after a hoodie
Mail on Sunday, 24 January 2010
By Liz Jones.
Cameron: Edlington not isolated incident of evil
The Times (London), 23 January 2010
Tory leader said ‘truly awful’ incident in Doncaster meant people must ask ‘deep questions’ about social breakdown.
That deep maternal urge . . . to kill your child
The Times (London), 23 January 2010
If a coma patient can be denied sustenance, why should the woman who injected her brain-damaged son be criminalised? By Janice Turner.
Social networkers escape in ‘suicide machine’
The Times (London), 23 January 2010
Thousands are signing up to services that offer to delete virtual friendships for free and at the click of a button.
‘Worthless qualifications deceive children’
The Times (London), 23 January 2010
Barnaby Lenon said that grade inflation and a shift to vocational skills was masking a failure to teach to a good standard.
Jail for mother who invented child’s illnesses
The Times (London), 23 January 2010
Lisa Hayden-Johnson forced child to use wheelchair and even have operation to claim tens of thousands in benefits.
I’m here to say: it’s OK to not enjoy your baby
Alpha Mummy, 22 January 2010
Postnatal depression is serious, but why must the negative feelings associated with the sea change of becoming a parent be described away? By Jennifer Howze.
Ed Balls’s new pamphlet is an insult to fathers
Daily Telegraph, 20 January 2010
By Ed West.
Ed Balls announces new package of measures to support families
Department for Children, Schools and Families, 20 January 2010
‘Support for All – the Families and Relationships Green Paper’ sets out how the Government can support all families, help to prevent and resolve marriage and relationship breakdown, support and recognise dads and grandparents, improve flexible working for families, and give more targeted support to families in need.
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