Parenting news: archive
Intensive tuition proves cure for illiteracy
The Times (London), 9 May 2008
One-to-one teaching for half an hour a day is turning struggling children into the best in their classes at reading.
The glass ceiling in women’s heads
The Times (London), 8 May 2008
Women in their thirties often face the next move up the career ladder with dread. Comment by Camilla Cavendish.
Algarve couple were ‘affected by illness, not alcohol’
The Times (London), 8 May 2008
Eamon and Antoinette McGuckin insisted that they were responsible parents and had not been on an alcoholic binge.
Save the independent midwife
The Times (London), 8 May 2008
A feature in Times 2 extols the virtues of midwives and home births.
Schools ignoring safety message
Norwich Evening News, 7 May 2008
Safety measures to prevent paedophiles and abusers working with children are being ignored by hundreds of Norfolk's schools.
More than 40,000 pupils play truant twice a week
The Times (London), 7 May 2008
Teachers’ leaders blamed the trend on 'deep-rooted social problems' which schools could not tackle on their own.
Holiday ‘care’ family back home
BBC News, 7 May 2008
A couple who allegedly passed out drunk while their children were taken into care in Portugal return home.
Fatal accidents erode perk of off-campus lunches
New York Times, 6 May 2008
USA: Smithtown is one of a number of districts on Long Island and around the country that have recently closed their campuses at lunchtime, canceling a generations-old rite of passage because of school officials’ and parents’ growing concern over traffic accidents and in some cases, truancy.
Other stories we liked
The Times, 6 May 2008
Carry on diagnosing doctor, military protection, to protect and serviette, and other anecdotes from the rich world of the public sector.
Breastfeeding ‘helps to boost IQ’
BBC News, 6 May 2008
More evidence is being put forward that breastfed babies eventually become more intelligent than those who are fed with formula milk. But the researchers were unsure whether it was related to the breast milk itself or the bond from breastfeeding.
Portuguese judge to rule on British ‘binge drink’ parents
The Times (London), 6 May 2008
Portuguese judge considering whether to charge 'binge drinking' British parents with abandoning children, aged 1 to 6.
Fears for children at risk as care order applications fall by a third
The Times (London), 6 May 2008
Children at risk of abuse or neglect face even greater danger because of a new system designed to cut costs and speed up care proceedings, the Government has been warned.
‘Binge-drink parents’ skip court
The Times, 6 May 2008
Journalists gathered outside court for appearance of Eamon and Antoinette McGuckin only to be told they had fled Portugal.
Compensation culture leads to closure of tree trunk bridge
The Times (London), 5 May 2008
The last surviving “clam bridge” in Dartmoor to be closed to walkers because of 21st-century compensation culture, although there is no record of serious injury to anyone using it.
Work experience under threat from bureaucratic checks
Guardian, 2 May 2008
Tens of thousands of teenagers studying for the government's new diploma qualification from September could be prevented from completing their courses because of bureaucratic safety checks.
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