parenting culture
‘For trusting my daughter, I was treated as a criminal’
spiked, 13 May 2010
What’s the punishment for leaving your kids in a shopping mall for one hour? For one mum, it was probation, parenting classes, and shame. By Nancy McDermott.
Six months old and he can tell good from evil
The Sunday Times , 9 May 2010
Scientists have discovered that babies can start to make moral judgments by the age of six months and may be born with the ability to tell good from bad hard-wired into their brains.
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.
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.
Is motherhood a form of oppression?
The Times, 22 March 2010
Thanks to breastfeeding, organic purees and eco nappies, the baby has become a tyrant, says a bestselling book in France by the French philosopher Elisabeth Badinter.
Rescuing adult authority in the twenty-first century
spiked, 15 February 2010
Parental determinism – the idea that parenting skills shape the future – makes Stalin’s economic determinism seem almost subtle by comparison. By Frank Furedi.
The middle classes can learn a lot from teenage parents
Observer, 14 February 2010
So now we're being told that instead of being a disaster parenthood can improve young women's lives. I couldn't agree more. By Olivia Fane.
Jo Frost: Extreme Parental Guidance
You Tube, 12 February 2010
Supernanny Jo Frost begins a new series exploring the truth behind the issues in kids' lives, while giving parents the advice they need.
It’s apt that parenting guru Gina Ford is weighing into politics
Guardian, 2 February 2010
Parenting gurus are for those who can't trust their own judgment. By Michael Hann.
Standing up to Supernanny: parents in the spotlight
Oxford Literary Festival, 1 February 2010
A discussion presented by the Institute of Ideas in association with ESRC festival of social science at the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival 2010, Sunday 21 March 2010.
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.
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.
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