France: a ‘revolution’ to preserve the status quo
spiked, 27 October 2010
In the past, youthful rebels were heroically indifferent to their long-term security. The French protesters are obsessed with theirs. By Frank Furedi.
Anti-paedophile vetting scheme to be ripped up
Daily Telegraph, 22 October 2010
An anti-paedophile vetting scheme that would have forced nine million people to undergo checks is to be ripped up under a review to be announced today, The Daily Telegraph reports.
Commission calls for ‘family revolution’
Children & Young People Now, 12 October 2010
The government should establish a "family test" and create children and family centres if it wants to achieve the best for British families, the Family Commission has said in its final report
School dinner lady warned offering a child a biscuit could be seen as ‘grooming’
Daily Telegraph, 9 October 2010
A school dinner lady was told giving a child a biscuit could be considered grooming, her husband has claimed.
State ‘should not finance’ big families on benefits
BBC News Online, 7 October 2010
The new cap on family benefits will encourage "responsibility" about the number of children people have, a cabinet minister has said.
Take away our baby money at your peril
Daily Telegraph, 6 October 2010
George Osborne's economic case for destroying the totemic idea of universal child benefit will not do. By Allison Pearson.
Pregnant women told glass of wine a week won’t harm baby: research
Daily Telegraph, 6 October 2010
A mother drinking a small glass of wine a week during pregnancy will not harm her child's behaviour or development, research has found.
Abortion and euthanasia: was Virginia Ironside right?
Guardian, 5 October 2010
Agony aunt Virginia Ironside's views on euthanasia and abortion shocked many viewers of the BBC's Sunday Morning Live. But, argues Zoe Williams, she has a valid point and was brave to make it.
The myth of male postnatal depression
spiked, 4 October 2010
Dr Ellie Lee picks apart the social and media construction of a biological impossibility.
Report calls for end to Vetting and Barring Scheme
Various media, 27 September 2010
An updated edition of Licensed to Hug (Civitas) by Professor Frank Furedi and Jennie Bristow is calling for the government to shut down a controversial scheme intended to regulate contact between adults and children.
Forget the Swinging Sixties…
Daily Mail, 27 September 2010
... It was the Seventies that saw an explosion in promiscuity, abortion and pornography. By Dominic Sandbrook.
Don’t let your little girl cross the road
Daily Mail, 14 September 2010
Council's threat to parents over seven-year-old's walk to school bus.
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