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Archive | Growing up
Village too posh for a playground: Boy, ten, leads fight against ‘snobbery’
Posted on 17 February 2011.
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Quarter of a million children growing up in cycle of benefit dependency
Posted on 24 January 2011.
More than 250,000 children are growing up in homes where no one has ever worked, according to new figures released by the Government on Sunday.
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MP calls for pre-school intervention for vulnerable
Posted on 19 January 2011.
Too few people understand the work involved in bringing up a baby and should be given more information on raising children, a Government-commissioned review has concluded.
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Children growing up with lack of role models, says head
Posted on 05 January 2011.
Children are being left without decent adult role models because of the decline of the traditional extended family, according to a leading headmistress.
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Children growing up with lack of role models, says head
Posted on 05 January 2011.
Children are being left without decent adult role models because of the decline of the traditional extended family, according to a leading headmistress.
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Are we putting our kids under too much pressure?
Posted on 03 January 2011.
Has there ever been a more challenging time to be a child growing up in Britain?
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Footballers make adultery seem normal to boys
Posted on 29 December 2010.
Children are growing up thinking that marriages are not meant to last because so many professional footballers have high profile affairs, experts have warned.
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We are what our father ate – before we were born
Posted on 24 December 2010.
You are what your father eats, according to new research, which shows that his diet while growing up can affect your future health.
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Small steps for peace still forged in Mid-East
Posted on 12 December 2010.
A school in the Middle East and a new book by a British children’s writer share a common vision of peace based on a new generation of Arab and Jewish children growing up together as friends.
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Hollywood’s pushiest parents
Posted on 03 December 2010.
His ten-year-old daughter’s got a hit single and a tour on the way. His son’s made a £180m movie. Are Will Smith and his wife making their children grow up just a little too fast?
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Afghan children dismiss diplomat’s safer claim
Posted on 23 November 2010.
Aid groups also lambast Mark Sedwill for claiming children are safer growing up in Afghanistan’s major cities than in Glasgow
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Neanderthal children ‘grew much faster than first modern humans’
Posted on 19 November 2010.
Neanderthal children grew out of their animal furs at a much faster rate than early modern humans, research has shown.
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Why my fear of giving birth means my son will grow up alone
Posted on 18 November 2010.
Most women remember giving birth as a joyful moment in their lives, but when I look back it is with pure horror.
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Girls who grow up in broken homes ‘have babies earlier’
Posted on 11 November 2010.
The stress of being raised in a broken or unstable home pushes girls into having babies earlier in life, a study has found.
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Parents adopting more open attitude to alcohol, drugs and sex
Posted on 05 October 2010.
Parents adopting more open attitude to alcohol, drugs and sex
Posted in Adopting and Fostering, Child Safety, Growing up, Internet Kids, Parenting, Tweens and TeensComments Off
If schools ban break time for being dangerous, how will children ever grow up?
Posted on 29 September 2010.
If schools ban break time for being dangerous, how will children ever grow up?
Posted in At School, Growing up, Internet Kids, ParentingComments Off
Fiona Phillips offers Jamie Oliver a few tips on raising boys
Posted on 19 September 2010.
Fiona Phillips offers Jamie Oliver a few tips on raising boys
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One word at a time
Posted on 30 August 2010.
One word at a time
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My big mistake about babies
Posted on 28 August 2010.
My big mistake about babies
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Why having a brother stops a girl growing up too soon
Posted on 18 August 2010.
Why having a brother stops a girl growing up too soon
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Being only-child ‘no barrier to friendship’
Posted on 17 August 2010.
Being only-child ‘no barrier to friendship’
Posted in Growing up, Health, Internet Kids, ParentingComments Off
Why would I lie?
Posted on 13 August 2010.
Why would I lie?
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How the UK’s youngest Asbo kids got tamed – Exclusive
Posted on 03 August 2010.
How the UK’s youngest Asbo kids got tamed – Exclusive
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Mama’s love makes babies grow up less stressed
Posted on 01 August 2010.
Mama’s love makes babies grow up less stressed
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‘Angel-faced monster’: Boy, 8, hit teacher, set fire to family home, pushed his grandfather down stairs and tortured the dog
Posted on 28 July 2010.
‘Angel-faced monster’
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Barnsley boy aims to become next Billy Elliot
Posted on 21 July 2010.
Barnsley boy aims to become next Billy Elliot
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There’s a lot more to science than space and dinosaurs
Posted on 20 July 2010.
There’s a lot more to science than space and dinosaurs
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Don’t let childcare ruin the summer holidays
Posted on 20 July 2010.
Don’t let childcare ruin the summer holidays
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Are you OK, kids – or would you rather eat sausages?
Posted on 20 July 2010.
Are you OK, kids – or would you rather eat sausages?
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Living dolls: inside the world of child beauty pageants
Posted on 12 July 2010.
Living dolls: inside the world of child beauty pageants
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Our six-year-old son is starting to lose his best friends
Posted on 19 June 2010.
Problem solved
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Nine-year-old wrestles alligator
Posted on 17 June 2010.
Nine-year-old wrestles alligator
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Children don’t require protection. They need to learn to trust intuition
Posted on 17 June 2010.
Children don’t require protection. They need to learn to trust intuition
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How Labour blew the children’s inheritance
Posted on 11 June 2010.
How Labour blew the children’s inheritance
Posted in Growing up, Internet Kids, Parenting, Special Needs, Tweens and Teens, World NewsComments Off
The foundation of our culture
Posted on 07 June 2010.
The foundation of our culture
Posted in Growing up, Internet Kids, Learning, Parenting1 Comment
The neurological effect of neglecting children’s needs
Posted on 04 June 2010.
The neurological effect of neglecting children’s needs
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Light up children’s lives: Being a science teacher can be very rewarding
Posted on 03 June 2010.
Light up children’s lives: Being a science teacher can be very rewarding
Posted in Growing up, Internet Kids, Learning, Learning difficulties, Maths and Science, Parenting, Teachers, Tutoring1 Comment
Maggie Gee: When my parents died
Posted on 01 June 2010.
Maggie Gee: When my parents died
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49 minutes: That’s how long the average British family spends together every week
Posted on 30 May 2010.
An average family spends less than an hour a day together, according to a survey.
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Sibling rivalry: Friends or enemies – it’s up to you
Posted on 27 May 2010.
Sibling rivalry expert Dorothy Rowe often starts lectures by saying: “Hands up those who were the ‘good’ ones in their family while they were growing up.
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Family life ‘squeezed into 49 minutes a day’
Posted on 25 May 2010.
Families are spending less than an hour together every day amid fears over a squeeze on household finances.
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Parents of child online gambling addicts to get new advice
Posted on 25 May 2010.
Parents whose children are addicted to online gambling sites are to get new advice to help to combat the growing problem.
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Naughty children? Blame mothers, says Oliver James
Posted on 22 May 2010.
Mothers who go out to work and leave their toddlers in day care are to blame for their child’s bad behaviour, the psychologist and broadcaster Oliver James has claimed.
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I dreaded my kids’ parties.
Posted on 21 May 2010.
Until the boys started school, we made them settle for the kind of party we were given half a century ago, with all the old games and those penitential sandwiches that had to be eaten before we were allowed to tuck into the good stuff.
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Penpals face extinction as children abandon handwritten letters
Posted on 21 May 2010.
The thrill of a handwritten letter dropping through the front door is unknown to many children.
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‘Maybe later’: The phrase hectic parents use most for their children
Posted on 20 May 2010.
“Maybe later” has become the phrase overemployed by a generation of hectic parents, new research revealed on Wednesday.
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The burdens facing a young carer
Posted on 19 May 2010.
It’s seven o’clock in the morning and 10-year-old Chelsea Hollis is in the kitchen.
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First Person: A fashion critic, four years old
Posted on 18 May 2010.
My grandmother’s arthritis begins to play up when we are less than halfway to school and she accosts a passing woman who has her own four-year-old in tow. Would they mind awfully?
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A fifth of children have no idea where they live
Posted on 17 May 2010.
Thousands of children have no idea where they live because they no longer walk to school.
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Lying your way to the top:
Posted on 17 May 2010.
For parents driven to distraction by their children’s little white lies, here is the good news.
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- Teacher who slept with 16 year-old spared jail – Telegraph
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