Family Policy and the New Government
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Leave it to dad
Community Care, May 20 2009
Family support services continue to struggle for funding and commitment
The Guardian, May 19 2009
Majority of families with disabled children face prejudice, says survey
Daily Telegraph, May 7 2009
Nearly 3 million children in poverty in Britain
The Guardian, May 2009
Alcohol and young people
The Guardian, May 1 2009
Fewer health visitors for children in south
Daily Telegraph, May 1 2009
One health visitor to 900 children, study shows
BBC, May 1 2009
Health visitor 'postcode lottery'
The Guardian, April 21 2009
Children in care: Experts fly in to help tackle crisis
The Guardian, April 7 2009
Meet the parents
The Times, April 2 2009
Growing up with a sister makes people more balanced
Webwise kids
The Times, Monday March 30 2009
Cut in maternity leave to give fathers more time off
The Times, Tuesday March 3 2009
Teen sex: should you allow sleepovers?
Children and Young People Now, Monday February 23 2009
Independent body to handle education complaints
The Times, Wednesday February 18 2009
Gordon Brown 'will miss targets on child poverty'
Children and Young People Now, Thursday February 12 2009
Child health strategy to boost health visitor access
The Guardian, Thursday February 12 2009
Help for parents in poor areas to improve child health
Marketing Week, Thursday February 5 2009
ASA set to regulate online promotions
Nursery World, Thursday February 5 2009
Restrict online marketing, says family body
Brand Republic, Monday February 2 2009
Report slams wish lists for toys on children's websites
Children and Young People Now, Monday February 2 2009
Parenting experts call for e-wish list ban
Daily Mirror, Thursday January 30 2009
Are you getting the benefits you are entitled to as parents
Sunday Express, Sunday January 25 2009
Help us get justice for Britain's children
The Times, Wednesday January 21 2009
Children spending half as much time in class as they do looking at screens
Children and Young People Now, Tuesday January 20 2009
More men needed in childcare jobs
BBC, Tuesday January 20 2009
Call for more male nursery staff
The Times, Tuesday January 20 2009
Home education 'can be cover for abuse and forced marriage'
Daily Mail, Thursday January 8 2009
Give new fathers a year's paternity leave, says Clegg
askamum.co.uk, Tuesday January 6 2009
Top money saving tips from parents
The Guardian, Monday January 5 2009
School-leaving age may rise to 18 in effort to tackle unemployment
askamum.co.uk, Tuesday December 30 2008
Money worries are depriving parents of sleep
The Times, Thursday December 25 2008
Festive spending tradition starts to disappear
The Times, Friday December 19 2008
Ed Balls opens his heart to agony aunts at relationship 'summit'
BBC, Thursday December 11 2008
Unicef child study disputed by UK
Nursery World, Thursday December 11 2008
Flexible working rights put back on agenda
The Guardian, Wednesday December 3 2008
Brown moves to slow repossessions with Queen's speech mortgage help
The Daily Telegraph, Wednesday 26 November 2008
Britain was at its best in the 1950s
The Daily Telegraph, Wednesday 26 November 2008
Mothers need me-time, too
Third Sector, Wednesday 19 November 2008
How the Parenting Fund supports local projects
The Daily Telegraph, Wednesday 12 November 2008
One in three parents lies awake worrying about finances
Sunday Mirror, Sunday October 26 2008
Children missing out on billions of child maintenance
The Daily Telegraph, Friday October 24 2008
Dr Tanya Byron: Children will be victims of credit crunch as families feel the pinch
The Daily Telegraph, Friday October 24 2008
Trevor Phillips: Families will suffer more if Government retreats on flexible working
The Guardian, Wednesday October 22 2008
Double Indemnity
Daily Mail, Wednesday 8 October 2008
Pity the loving grandparents who are cut off by divorce
The Daily Telegraph, Friday 3 October 2008
United Nations orders Labour to stop reality TV shows exploiting children
The Daily Telegraph, Thursday 2 October 2008
EU to offer 18 weeks fully paid maternity leave
BBC online, Thursday 2 October 2008
Why don't you call your mother?
The Daily Telegraph, Tuesday 30 October 2008
White working-class pupils eat most junk food, claims children's minister
The Observer, Sunday 28 September 2008
Working mums keep families happy
The Times, Tuesday 23 September 2008
How young is too young to be home alone?
The Observer, Sunday 14 September 2008
Mothers admit: we do have a favourite child
ITV, Tuesday 2 September 2008Parents are being given advice on how to spot whether their child is in a gang
The Guardian, Wednesday 6 August 2008
Two into one won't go: Cambridge survey shows new doubts over working mothers
24dash.com, Monday 4 August 2008
Homes fit for families report highlights 'emotional turmoil' caused by overcrowding
The Daily Telegraph, Monday 4 August 2008
Parents too serious about fun and games
The Times, Thursday 24 July 2008
Talk to your 11-year-old about sex
The Independent, Wednesday 23 July 2008
The truth about daddy day care
Daily Mail, Tuesday 8 July 2008
Family debt has doubled in one year as borrowers take more and save less
The Guardian, Monday 7 July 2008
Government to launch family finance action plan
Financialadvice.co.uk, Monday 7 July 2008
Britons feeling 'less well off
BBC, Wednesday, 2 July 2008
UK life costs 'at least £13,400
'
The Times, Thursday 29 May 2008
Fostering a little more care
The Times, Thursday 24 April 2008
More children are suffering from mental health problems, says report
BBC, Friday 18 April 2008
Call for junk food ad clampdown
The Daily Telegraph, Wednesday 16 April 2008
Crunch brings generations closer in '3G' homes
BBC, Saturday, 5 April 2008
Families in meltdown, judge says
resolution, Saturday, 5 April 2008
High court judge warns family breakdown is as big a threat to national life as global warming at conference for family lawyers
The Guardian, Friday March 28 2008
Rising divorce tide threatens 1 in 2 couples
ePolitix.com, Tuesday 25 March 2008
Tories to unveil education reforms
The Daily Telegraph, Monday 17 March 2008
Teenage rows 'make for happier families'
The Observer, Sunday 16 March 2008
Why a row a day is good for teenagers
The Independent, Tuesday 11 March 2008
The anxiety epidemic: Why are children so unhappy?
The Guardian, Monday 10 March 2008
'It isn't about punishment'
icWales.co.uk, Monday 10 March 2008
Schools teach social skills as family dining disappears
Daily Mail, Friday 22 February 2008
A quarter of all children aged four and five are 'obese or overweight', study shows
The Daily Telegraph, Wednesday 20 February 2008
Climbdown on plans for flexible working
The Daily Telegraph, Friday 15 February 2008
Labour push mothers back to work, say Tories
BBC, Friday 15 February 2008
Brown considers training payments
Daily Mail, Tuesday 12 February 2008
The sandwich generation: Cash squeeze for couples who have ageing parents and young children
BBC, Tuesday 12 February 2008
Calls to ban 'anti-teen' device
Daily Express online, Friday 8 February 2008
Whatever happened to British family values?
Sunday Herald, Sunday 3 February 2008
Regulators urged to protect infants on reality shows
Council of Europe, 1 February 2008
Council of Europe will launch a Europe-wide initiative to ban corporal punishment
Children&YoungPeople Now, 23 January 2008
Home-school links: Councils engage parents
Children&YoungPeople Now, 23 January 2008
Tories criticise special needs structure
icWales.co.uk, 12 January, 2008
Do we really need any more champions?
'Broken Britain'. The year that was: 2007 was the year when Britain appeared to come bottom in every league table of wellbeing
NorthLondonOnline, Friday 21 December 2007
Action on health visitor shortage
The Guardian, Wednesday 12 December, 2007
'We don't like children in this country'. Interview with Hilton Dawson, Parenting Academy chair
The Guardian, Tuesday 11 December, 2007
Non-resident parents struggle to get information about children's education. Includes a quote from Mary MacLeod
The Independent, Monday 26 November, 2007
Child database plan under attack following missing discs debacle
The Guardian, Monday 5 November, 2007
Why Ofcom needs much more bottle - Mary MacLeod
See also the items from the British Journal Review and the Telegraph on 16 October, below, and the letter, from FPI and others, on the same subject
British Journalism Review, Vol. 18, No. 1, 2007
For the sake of the children - Fiona Millar
The Guardian - Comment is free, Monday 22 and Wednesday 24 October
Articles by Yvonne Roberts and Lynsey Hanley on the Families and Neighbourhoods survey
Daily Telegraph, Tuesday 16 October, 2007
Bringing Up Baby is 'dangerous' say experts
The Guardian, Tuesday September 11, 2007
Crack down on inequality
The Guardian, Sunday September 2, 2007
Children who cannot escape the poverty trap
Times Online, Saturday, 11 August 2007
Media-proof your kids
The Guardian, Wednesday, 8 August 2007
UK holidays "rip off for families"
The Guardian, Tuesday, 31 July 2007
Partners to get marriage-style financial rights
The Guardian, Tuesday, 31 July 2007
Food manufacturers target children on internet after regulator's TV advertising clampdown
The Guardian, Wednesday, 25 July 2007
£1bn boost for after-school clubs
The Guardian, Monday, 23 July 2007
Miliband: time to stop knocking the young
The Independent, Sunday 22 July 2007
Fat: a middle-class issue
The Guardian, Wednesday 18 July 2007
Government's advice to parents: make sure your child plays conkers
The Guardian, Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Sure Start failing ethnic minorities
BBC, Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Love, marriage and... tax breaks?
The Guardian, Friday, 22 June 2007
Using restraint on young offenders
The Guardian, Friday, 22 June 2007
Former youth justice chief attacks rule change on restraint
The Telegraph, Thursday, 21 June 2007
Fathers choose children over careers
Channel 4 News, Wednesday, 20 June 2007
Child emotional problems on the rise
The Independent, Sunday, 17 June 2007
The parent trap: Britain's high-fliers who refuse to fly the nest
The Scotsman, Sunday, 16 June 2007
Work holds back dads' parenting
The Times, Wednesday, 13 June 2007
I don't blame the (middle-class) parents
Children Now, Wednesday, 13 June 2007
Early years: Home visits vital to engage parents
The Times, Monday, 11 June 2007
Children who fall behind by age three
BBC, Thursday 7 June, 2007
When should children walk alone?
Sutton Trust, Wednesday 30 May, 2007
Ballots in school admissions
ePolitix.com, Tuesday, 29 May, 2007
Cash to boost disadvantaged families
BBC, Tuesday, 29 May 2007
Support staff 'do midwife tasks'
The Scotsman, Monday 28 May, 2007
Number of children who cycle falls 25% amid parental fears
The Guardian, Wednesday May 23, 2007
Problems ahead for Blair's other 'babes'
Daily Mail, Wednesday May 23, 2007
The 'granny nannies' who save parents £50bn a year
BBC, Monday 21, May 2007
£340m package for carer families
The Telegraph, Tuesday May 15, 2007
Six months paternity leave plan for fathers
The Guardian,Monday May 7, 2007
Early-years support for parents would reduce youth crime
The Telegraph, Thursday May 3, 2007
Children 'need lessons in happiness'
The Guardian, Monday April 30, 2007
Friends of the family
BBC, Saturday, 28 April 2007
My policy was misguided, PM says
The Telegraph, Saturday 28 April 2007
I've been tough on crime: now we have to nip it in the bud
BBC, Monday 23 April 2007
Ration TV for children, MPs urged
Daily Mail, Sunday 15 April 2007
Bid to save health visitor service
The Observer, Sunday 15 April 2007
Mothers miss a 'friend' as health visitors decline
BBC, Sunday 15 April 2007
Health visitors 'lottery' claim
Metro, Tuesday 10 April 2007
Race divide on single parents
Department of Health,Tuesday 3 April, 2007
Putting mothers and babies first - a new vision for Maternity Services
Directgov, Monday 2 April 2007
Top stresses for parents in 2007 revealed: work/life balance, child obesity and unemployment
DfES, Monday 2 April, 2007
New disciplinary powers lay down the law for school trouble makers
HM Treasury, Thursday March 29, 2007
Chancellor sets out increased support for children and families
BBC News, Tuesday 27 March 2007
Why child poverty is so hard to beat
BBC News, Tuesday 27 March 2007
More UK children live in poverty
The Guardian, Thursday March 22, 2007
Package to lift 200,000 children out of poverty is welcomed but more investment is vital, say family groups
ePolitix.com, Wednesday March 21, 2007
Children focus of Brown's last Budget
Cabinet Office, Tuesday March 20, 2007
New data shows excluded families must get personalised support programmes – Families At Risk Review begins
Daily Mail, Tuesday March 20, 2007
Women 'set up' to fail by landing jobs with troubled firms
The Guardian, Monday March 19, 2007
Pledge for 'personalised' public services
Directgov, Thursday 15 March 2007
Department for Education and Skills recognises 'Every Parent Matters'
The Guardian, Thursday 15 March 2007
Ministers warned of pitfalls of scrapping CSA
Children Now, Wednesday 14 March 2007
Opinion: Debate - Is a lottery the fairest way of allocating school places?
The Fabian Society, Wednesday 14 March 2007
Taking class out of the classroom
BBC News, Wednesday 14 March 2007
Abortion 'right to know' rejected
The Guardian, Wednesday March 14, 2007
Is your baby playing with its toes yet? If not the government wants to know why
The Times, Monday March 12, 2007
X Factor children will risk Cowell barbs
The Telegraph, Thursday March 08, 2007
Family policy opens great divide
The Guardian, Tuesday March 06, 2007
Baby does best with dad off work, study finds
BBC News, Tuesday March 06, 2007
Ofsted finds early years weakness
BBC News, Monday March 5, 2007
Single parents 'must find work'
The Telegraph, Saturday March 3, 2007
School places lottery will hit house prices
The Herald, Thursday March 1, 2007
Women and working
The Herald, Wednesday February 28, 2007
To demonise divorced dads is a distraction
BBC News, Tuesday February 27, 2007
Smacking unacceptable to parents
BBC News, Tuesday February 27, 2007
Johnson opposes marriage 'bias'
The Guardian, Tuesday February 27, 2007
Fathers told: do more for your children
The Telegraph, Tuesday February 27, 2007
Johnson plays down role of marriage
The Independent, Tuesday February 27, 2007
The family seems a populist issue, but it is one that politicians should ignore at all costs
The Guardian, Monday February 26, 2007
Queen of Routine lashes out at her liberal childcare critics
The Observer, Sunday February 25, 2007, 2007
Row over family values splits Cabinet
The Guardian,Saturday February 24, 2007
You don't know the half of it
Children Now, Wednesday 21 February 2007, 2007
Opinion: Debate - Should more parents have a legal right to flexible hours?
London School of Economics and Political Science,Tuesday February 20, 2007
Independent review urges major rethink on social housing
The Telegraph, Monday February 19, 2007
Council hands adoption cases to child charity
BBC News, Wednesday February 14, 2007
UK is accused of failing children
Daily Mail,Thursday February 8, 2007
Back-to-work pressure DOES hit family life
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The Times, Tuesday January 30, 2007
We're all good enough mums
The Guardian, Tuesday January 30, 2007
Daycare believers
Nursery World, Wednesday January 24, 2007
Council to offload daycare
Community Care, Monday January 22, 2007
Respect areas to tackle antisocial behaviour named
Daily Mail,Wednesday January 17, 2007
Demand for state boarding schools soar as parents work overtime
The Guardian, Wednesday January 3, 2007
The new year wish list
The brands have turned us into a nation of addicts
The Independent, Monday December 11, 2006
Family values are back in the political arena
The Telegraph, Monday December 11, 2006
We all know family breakdown is destroying us. Don't talk, fix it
The Herald, Monday December 11, 2006
Parenting lessons' for new families
The Observer, Sunday December 10, 2006
Bring back Victorian values, says key Tory
The Guardian Monday December 4, 2006
The politics of parenting
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Listen to mother
The Telegraph Wednesday 15 Nov 2006
Will nobody listen to mother?
The Guardian Tuesday 14 Nov 2006
Hi-tech toys offer no educational gain, say researchers
The Telegraph Tuesday 14 Nov 2006
The nanny state school for good parenting
The Sunday Times 13 Nov 2006
Educational toys? Just give toddlers your old phone
The Observer Sunday 12 November
Honor Rhodes: Seven steps to successful parenting
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