Parenting news: archive
Pregnancy smoking test suggested
BBC News Online, 24 June 2010
All pregnant women should be tested for smoking so that they can be given quitting advice if necessary, a health watchdog says.
Clegg outlines plans to improve children’s fortunes
BBC News Online, 17 June 2010
Nick Clegg has outlined plans to make the UK a better place for children, saying for too many childhood is a time of 'stress, anxiety and insecurity'.
Yes, I admit it - I’m a woman who’s bored stupid with her life
Daily Mail, 17 June 2010
A routine of repetitive, unsatisfying and unrewarded activities has left a generation of women suffering from 'dumb mum syndrome', says Liz Fraser.
A Best Friend? You Must Be Kidding
New York Times, 16 June 2010
Increasingly, some educators and other professionals who work with children are asking a question that might surprise their parents: Should a child really have a best friend? By Hilary Stout.
‘More and more rules’ on pregnancy
BBC News, 16 June 2010
Pregnancy has become ever more 'policed', with a litany of rules for parents-to-be on how to behave, a parenting conference is due to hear.
Child abuse vetting scheme cancelled as ‘draconian’
BBC News Online, 15 June 2010
The vetting scheme for nine million people working with children and vulnerable adults in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has been halted.
Vetting and Barring Scheme registration halted
Home Office, 15 June 2010
Registration with the Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS) will be halted to allow the government to remodel the scheme back to proportionate, common sense levels, it was announced today.
School gate battle of the competitive mums as two thirds admit to trying to out do each other
Daily Mail, 15 June 2010
For many mothers, getting the children to the school gates on time every morning can feel like a battle in itself. But research suggests this is just the warm-up to the real competition - against each other.
David Miliband shows human side as he talks about fatherhood
The Times (London), 12 June 2010
David Miliband talks about the agonies of IVF treatment and the joys of adoption today as he speaks candidly for the first time about fatherhood and life beyond politics.
How Labour blew the children’s inheritance
The Times, 11 June 2010
Profligate spending, central targets and a thicket of bureaucracy — to achieve what? By Jill Kirby.
Frank Field, the ‘poverty czar’, wants to help improve parenting
The Times, 11 June 2010
Parents, and crucially parents-to-be, want to know how to do it well, he believed, which prompted him to start work on the parenting guide.
Confused, guilty? You must be a young mother
The Times, 10 June 2010
Believe the findings that suit you and disregard those that don’t. That’s my advice – which you are free to ignore. By Antonia Senior.
Mothers in the workplace: call this choice?
Guardian, 8 June 2010
I gave up my career to look after my kids, but I'm angry that it's almost always women who do so. By Jessica Smith.
Head Start
The Times, 7 June 2010
Labour conducted an experiment in policy for the earliest years of life. Its poor performance reflects confused objectives and the difficulty of the problem. Times leading article.
Should this be the last generation?
New York Times, 6 June 2010
By Peter Singer.
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