Parenting news: archive
Pushing all pupils to take a degree just isn’t right.
The TImes (London), 27 May 2008
Commentary by John O’Leary.
Amar Aslam, 17, beaten to death in weekend of violence
The TImes (London), 27 May 2008
An Asian teenager was beaten to death in a park in West Yorkshire after pitched battles between rival gangs of youths.
The Great American Baby Bottle Scare
spiked, 27 May 2008
Cynical official scaremongering about a harmless plastic in baby bottles has panicked moms and dads throughout America and Canada. By Nancy McDermott.
Schools in revolt over under-5s curriculum
The Times (London), 26 May 2008
A powerful coalition of England’s leading independent schools is demanding that the Government scale back its new national curriculum for the under-fives, claiming that it violates parents’ human rights by denying them the freedom to choose how they educate their children.
Family of murdered Robert Knox speak out
The Times (London), 26 May 2008
The family of the murdered Harry Potter actor called yesterday for tougher action against teenagers carrying knives.
Times Online marriage and sex survey
Sunday Times, 25 May 2008
Darling, that was wonderful: British couples reveal the quantity of sex after parenthood may be down but the quality is up.
A desperate generation driven to drink
Sunday Times, 25 May 2008
Our boozing culture is largely an underclass one and it's time we both acknowledged the problem and stepped in to help. By India Knight.
Universities skew admissions to aid poor pupils
Sunday Times, 25 May 2008
Britain's leading universities have overhauled their admissions procedures in an attempt to socially engineer their intake by favouring students with lower exam grades if they come from poor families.
Jamie Oliver calls for sex ban to get men cooking
Sunday Times, 25 May 2008
The chef believes that women should abstain from sex with their husbands or boyfriends to punish them if they refuse to cook.
Schools ‘must monitor gang tags, clothing and Facebook’
The Times (London), 23 May 2008
School staff should trawl social networking sites such as Facebook and Bebo to identify whether their pupils are gang members, according to advice in a government report.
Chat room youth and a good deed that went bad
The Times (London), 23 May 2008
A teenager was accused of kidnap after trying to help a girl who said on an internet chatroom that she was being abused.
Alarm over child drinkers with liver disease
The Times (London), 23 May 2008
Shops could face new legal curbs on the sale of cut-price alcohol to control under-age and binge drinking.
Price fixing won’t fix the problem
The Times (London), 23 May 2008
There are deeper reasons than cost for why young people are drinking to nihilistic excess. By Melanie McDonagh.
‘How could a girl starve in 21st-century UK?’
The Times (London), 23 May 2008
Charities and politicians call for full inquiry into Khyra Ishaq’s death while her five siblings are placed in foster care.
Parents’ appeals rise over primary places
The Times (London), 23 May 2008
The number of admissions appeals from parents whose children were refused places at their preferred primary schools rose by 20 per cent last year amid fierce competition.
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