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		<title>Next meetup: Tuesday 24 Jan &#8211; Social mobility, education and parenting</title>
		<link>http://www.parentswithattitude.com/parentsforum/next-meetup-tuesday-24-jan-social-mobility-education-and-parenting/ </link>
		<comments>http://www.parentswithattitude.com/parentsforum/next-meetup-tuesday-24-jan-social-mobility-education-and-parenting/ #comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[social mobility]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone is talking about social mobility these days. And everyone is identifying that quality of parental input is probably the most decisive factor. Is this true? What is the social mobility agenda &#8211; and is it desirable?
Sally Millard introduced.
Readings:
www.suttontrust.com/news/news/latest-research-report-what-prospects-for-mobility-in-the-uk/
www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2011/battles/6622/
blogs.independent.co.uk/author/sally-millard/

www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/11885/
www.dpm.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/news/social-mobility-strategy-launched
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		<title>Next meetup: Children and food &#8211; Thursday 15 September 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.parentswithattitude.com/parentsforum/children-food/ </link>
		<comments>http://www.parentswithattitude.com/parentsforum/children-food/ #comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[child wellbeing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There has been recent discussion about children as young as 5  becoming anorexic. Are we sending the wrong messages to our children  about food? And are they reacting to them?
Suggested reading:
www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/10438/
www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/10429/
www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/2287/
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/02/child-anorexia-size-zero
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2020765/Children-aged-FIVE-treated-anorexia-Doctors-blame-ultra-slim-celebrities.html
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		<title>Why we can&#8217;t talk to children</title>
		<link>http://www.parentswithattitude.com/parentsforum/why-we-cant-talk-to-children/ </link>
		<comments>http://www.parentswithattitude.com/parentsforum/why-we-cant-talk-to-children/ #comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine recently talked to a child who was on a school trip. While she was chatting to the child the teacher in charge rushed up and told the child to stop talking to my friend as it was school policy not to talk to strangers. My friend wrote an excellent article about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Next meetup: The government&#8217;s review on the sexualisation of children</title>
		<link>http://www.parentswithattitude.com/parentsforum/sexualisation-children-meetup/ </link>
		<comments>http://www.parentswithattitude.com/parentsforum/sexualisation-children-meetup/ #comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[family policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexualisation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday 13 July 2011, 7pm

The review has sparked off a huge discussion about whether there is a  pornification of society that needs to be addressed; or whether there  is an increasing anxiety about sex and children, which has nothing to do  with pop videos, but has a lot to do with adults [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cybermummy 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.parentswithattitude.com/parentsforum/cybermummy-2011/ </link>
		<comments>http://www.parentswithattitude.com/parentsforum/cybermummy-2011/ #comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 22:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cybermummy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.parentswithattitude.com/parentsforum/?p=324</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Had a great Cybermummy 2011.
Thanks to all the bloggers who came to Sue&#8217;s sessions on Blogging Essentials and WordPress. Let us know if you want a guest post on our blog, or fancy coming to our London meetups.
Thanks also to @PippaD who live blogged the sessions.
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		<title>Sexualisation of children</title>
		<link>http://www.parentswithattitude.com/parentsforum/sexualisation-of-children/ </link>
		<comments>http://www.parentswithattitude.com/parentsforum/sexualisation-of-children/ #comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many things I dislike about the fact that David Cameron has commissioned Reg Bailey of the Mothers Union to write a report about the sexualisation of children. Not least that this is a panic that has nothing to do with children, but everything to do with the rather horrible way that both parents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking your children out of school</title>
		<link>http://www.parentswithattitude.com/parentsforum/taking-your-children-out-of-school/ </link>
		<comments>http://www.parentswithattitude.com/parentsforum/taking-your-children-out-of-school/ #comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 12:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Holidays]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It has become a very accepted practice nowadays but I don&#8217;t think you should take your children out of school for holidays or for cultural experiences.
I think education is important for children and I think it is important that children should respect the institution of the school. The lesson we should teach our children is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Next Parents&#8217; Forum: The Power of the Mummy Bloggers</title>
		<link>http://www.parentswithattitude.com/parentsforum/power-of-the-mummy-bloggers/ </link>
		<comments>http://www.parentswithattitude.com/parentsforum/power-of-the-mummy-bloggers/ #comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[5 May 2011
The mumsnet phenomenon has been discussed extensively. mumsnet was seen as the kingmaker in the last election.
A Save the Children initiative in Bangladesh  invited three mums who are the leading &#8216;mummy&#8217; bloggers to go along and see work they had done there and discuss it in their blogs. NSPCC are a sponsor of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Child Protection</title>
		<link>http://www.parentswithattitude.com/parentsforum/child-protection/ </link>
		<comments>http://www.parentswithattitude.com/parentsforum/child-protection/ #comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child protection policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[25 November 2010
We will be looking at the subject of child protection as Eileen Monroe’s report has recently been published:
Download the Munroe Review of Child Protection report

Venue TBC: Contact Jane Sandeman at parents@instituteofideas.com for details.
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		<title>Early Intervention: Good Parents, Great Kids, Better Citizens</title>
		<link>http://www.parentswithattitude.com/parentsforum/early-intervention/ </link>
		<comments>http://www.parentswithattitude.com/parentsforum/early-intervention/ #comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[family policy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[14th October 2010
The topic was the Graham Allen and Iain Duncan Smith document &#8211; Good Parents, Great Kids, Better Citizens.
Download Good Parents, Great Kids, Better Citizens
Although the Con/Lib Dem Coalition has not yet set out family policy, this gives a flavour of their key thoughts around this area.
Venue TBC: Contact Jane Sandeman at parents@instituteofideas.com for [...]]]></description>
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