Parenting news: archive
Children’s popularity directly linked to their size, study finds
The Times (London), 4 May 2010
Overweight children as young as 5 are shunned and vilified by their peers, a study has found.
Faminist Theory
The New York Observer, 4 May 2010
The feminist battleground, with its slogans, marches, and campaigns for reproductive rights, has given way to the playground and the fight for lactation rights, stroller rights, school-system rights, unpasteurized milk rights, charter schools, birthing techniques, nutritional value of bagged lunches and water quality. It is not so much about the Fem as it is about the Fam. By Irina Aleksander.
I’m not surprised if Allison Pearson can’t cope
The Times (London), 30 April 2010
The Daily Mail’s star columnist seemed to have it all until she resigned this week revealing that she was depressed. By Sarah Vine.
Oldham schools to tackle segregation
The Times, 17 April 2010
The former mill town is forming integrated academies to tackle the ‘shocking’ problem of division between its communities.
New government to face Sats boycott after teacher vote
The Times, 17 April 2010
Head teachers face legal action after voting to boycott national tests for a quarter of a million 11-year-olds, the Government warned last night.
The single mother’s manifesto
The Times, 14 April 2010
David Cameron says the ‘nasty party’ that castigated people like me has changed. I’m not buying it. By J.K. Rowling.
Nursery schools asked to provide substantial snacks for growing children
The Times, 14 April 2010
Toddlers are being fed too much fruit and insufficient carbohydrate to maintain their energy levels, according to a survey of English nursery schools.
Pupil input in school management abused, say NASUWT
The Times, 3 April 2010
A teacher failed to get a job after a pupil labelled him a "Humpty Dumpty" in his interview, according to a report criticising the amount of influence given to students in running schools.
Stop meddling and show some horse sense
The Times, 25 March 2010
Whether it’s smoking at home or my riding club, they always pick the wrong targets. By Melanie Reid.
Pupils ‘left traumatised’ by fake school shooting
The Times, 25 March 2010
Young pupils were left crying with fear and suffering panic attacks after role-play event where teacher was 'shot dead'.
Family holidays push truancy to record level
The Times, 25 March 2010
Six million school days also lost as parents took children out of class for holidays during term time to cut costs.
Leading doctors call for ban on smoking in cars
The Times, 24 March 2010
Twenty of Britain’s most senior doctors call today for a ban on smoking in cars as part of a sweeping expansion of laws to protect children against the effects of inhaling smoke.
Running the country shouldn’t be child’s play
The Times, 24 March 2010
Do we really want sleep-deprived parents taking decisions that affect 60 million of us? By Alice Thomson.
Parents taken to task for ‘buying off’ children
The Times, 23 March 2010
Mary Bousted, the teachers' leader, says well-off parents guilty of neglecting children by leaving them to entertain themselves.
Camerons’ fourth child due in September
The Times, 23 March 2010
Should David Cameron win the election. his baby will be born during conference season and during the Pope’s UK visit.
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