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Archive | Growing up
Detention of asylum-seeker children to be scrapped
Posted on 14 May 2010.
Posted in Childcare, Growing up, Tweens and Teens, World NewsComments Off
Marks & Spencer says sorry for ‘bra’ label on underwear for six-year-olds
Posted on 14 May 2010.
Retailer under fire for saying crop tops were ‘a great way of getting girls used to the idea of wearing bras’
Posted in Child Safety, Growing upComments Off
Meeting Millenium Development Goals
Posted on 11 May 2010.
As part of a series assessing whether Bangladesh is on track to meet the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, the BBC’s Alastair Lawson visits a safety pin factory in the capital, Dhaka, which employs children.
Posted in Growing up, Just for DadsComments Off
Six-month-old babies ‘can tell right from wrong’
Posted on 10 May 2010.
Babies are able to tell right from wrong from the age of six months, a study has suggested.
Posted in Babies, Growing upComments Off
How much TV should a child watch?
Posted on 10 May 2010.
Parents should not berate themselves when they resort to putting their children in front of the television.
Posted in Childcare, Growing up, Media and Celebrity, TV, Theatre and FilmComments Off
Property in France: Mind your language, kids
Posted on 10 May 2010.
C’est la folie: Conversational French is mere child’s play – even if you can’t speak it.
Posted in Garden and Outdoors, Grandparents, Growing up, Out and about, Pets and ChildrenComments Off
When children leave home
Posted on 09 May 2010.
Can’t wait for the kids to leave home so you can enjoy a spot of peace and quiet? Or are you more like Stephanie Calman who dreads the day her two move out?
Posted in Growing up, Just for Dads, Tweens and TeensComments Off
Girl frozen in time may hold key to ageing
Posted on 09 May 2010.
Scientists are hoping to gain new insights into the mysteries of ageing by sequencing the genome of a 17-year-old girl who has the body and behaviour of a tiny toddler.
Posted in Childhood illnesses, Growing upComments Off
Stay-at-home sons are ‘more violent’ than those who live on their own, claim scientists
Posted on 04 May 2010.
Young men still living with their parents are more violent than those who have left the family home, according to scientists.
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All we are saying is: give peace a chance
Posted on 02 May 2010.
A nonviolent method of dealing with terrorism has been adapted as a gentler form of parenting. But does it work?
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Problem solved: My bossy sister is now bossing my own children – what can I do?
Posted on 26 April 2010.
I have a very bossy older sister. Growing up she was constantly bossing me about and telling me how to behave.
Posted in Growing up, ParentingComments Off
Richard Herring: Young, gifted and … 40?
Posted on 26 April 2010.
Comedian Richard Herring is unmarried, addicted to Nintendo and devoid of practical skills. When his parents were the same age, they seemed so much more, well, grown up
Posted in Gifted Children, Grandparents, Growing up, Just for Dads, Parenting, TV, Theatre and FilmComments Off
Twincredible! Think you’ve got a handful?
Posted on 19 April 2010.
Today, she is the mother of not one, but two, sets of twins, who were born in the space of 12 months. She is thought to be the only woman in the UK to give birth to twins twice in a single year.
Posted in Divorce and children, Growing up, Twins and multiplesComments Off
Scout level rise biggest in 38 years, association says
Posted on 19 April 2010.
The number of scouts in the UK has increased by 16,500 since the start of 2009, the biggest growth in 38 years, according to figures.
Posted in Growing up, Tweens and Teens, Youth GroupsComments Off
What online addiction is doing to our children
Posted on 18 April 2010.
A generation of screenagers are becoming hooked on a virtual world. We meet the compulsive gamers and the people who are helping them
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I want to be famous
Posted on 18 April 2010.
If you were watching TV sometime in the mid-1980s, you might remember a little girl who won a competition.
Posted in Growing up, Tweens and TeensComments Off
What it feels like to want to be a girl when you’re a boy
Posted on 13 April 2010.
As a child, Olivier Theyskens wasn’t interested in boys’ stuff. But as the fashion designer’s body developed, he contented himself with the androgynous look
Posted in Growing up, Tweens and TeensComments Off
Hey, what’s that sound: children’s choirs and kids singing
Posted on 12 April 2010.
What is it? Children! Singing! Er, obviously. Singing kids have surfaced in one-off singles by many bands since Pink Floyd’s 1979 youth-refusenik anthem Another Brick in the Wall Part II.
Posted in Growing up, Hobbies1 Comment
Dogtooth: the vicious family circle
Posted on 10 April 2010.
A Greek film by Giorgios Lanthimos about the ultimate dysfunctional family means different things to every audience
Posted in Growing up, Just for DadsComments Off
Jo Frost interview
Posted on 10 April 2010.
How a nanny from South London went on to become an Oprah-approved, world famous, multimillionaire childcare phenomenon
Posted in Childcare, Growing up, Media and Celebrity, TV, Theatre and FilmComments Off
Toy guns and teacups
Posted on 10 April 2010.
“So you’re just observing, not intervening, then?” my wife asks. Chaos has descended more swiftly than either of us anticipated.
Posted in Growing up, Just for Dads2 Comments
The lessons Bruce Forsyth has for our children
Posted on 10 April 2010.
The comedy roast is a long-held American tradition. Let’s bring it over here, argues Gill Hornby.
Posted in Grandparents, Growing up, TV, Theatre and FilmComments Off
Fashion Statement: Celebrity children’s style wars
Posted on 08 April 2010.
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General Election 2010: Poverty is all around us, killing childhoods
Posted on 08 April 2010.
Rebecca Abingdon, 8, lives with her dad David, a multimillionaire tycoon, mum Angie and brother George in a 30-room mansion in the heart of the Cotswold countryside. Eight-year-old Iris and mum Cal live just 11 miles away. Both Cal and David believe in hard work and education. The difference is, Cal spent 18 years living as a New Age traveller before making the life-changing decision to study law at 18 when she was pregnant with Iris.
Posted in Growing up, Independent Schools1 Comment
How much time should we spend on our children?
Posted on 08 April 2010.
A study shows that the amount of time we spend on childcare has increased. Is that, wonders Cassandra Jardine, a good thing for our children?
Posted in Growing up, ParentingComments Off
Parents spend more time with children than generation ago
Posted on 08 April 2010.
Parents are spending triple the amount of time with their children compared with a generation ago as middle classes try to give their offspring a head start in life, a study by an Oxford academic has found.
Posted in Growing up, Just for Dads, ParentingComments Off
DIY skills are in the genes, study suggests
Posted on 30 March 2010.
People who flounder with flat-pack furniture have been given an excuse for their struggles as DIY ability is in the genes, a study suggests.
Posted in Growing up, LearningComments Off
Loomus: A Carousel of Children through the Ages
Posted on 27 March 2010.
Loomus. Photograph: Steven Appleby
Posted in Book Reviews, Growing up, Media and CelebrityComments Off
Why nanny has a special place in the hearts of many boys and girls
Posted on 26 March 2010.
After Sarkozy Senior’s risqué revelations about his nanny, Julian Fellowes recalls his own family’s more innocent experiences.
Posted in Childcare, Grandparents, Growing up, Just for DadsComments Off
The Suri Cruise effect: How parents spend over £700 a year to keep their children in style
Posted on 25 March 2010.
You’d be unlikely to see three-year-old fashionista Suri Cruise wearing anything twice.
Posted in Finance, Growing up, Just for DadsComments Off
Parents struggle to help with homework
Posted on 24 March 2010.
Five out of six parents find helping with homework too difficult, study shows
Posted in Childcare, Growing up, Homework, Just for Dads, Learning, Random articlesComments Off
Break the bad habit: How to cope with your children’s bad behaviour
Posted on 22 March 2010.
Kate Hilpern looks at why some children display challenging behaviour, and examines ways of responding in the best interests of all concerned
Posted in Growing upComments Off
Children’s bad habits: Time to stop being picky
Posted on 20 March 2010.
Children and horrid habits go hand in hand. If they’re not biting nails, they’re excavating nostril contents (and if you’re lucky, inspecting and eating) or picking scabs (and eating those too).
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To the moon and beyond: Buzz Lightyear beats Neil Armstrong in space race
Posted on 17 March 2010.
Buzz Lightyear has finally found the true recognition he craves throughout the animated children’s film Toy Story.
Posted in Growing up, LearningComments Off
Rise in ‘lonely children’ calling Childline
Posted on 17 March 2010.
The number of UK children calling the national helpline Childline because they feel lonely has risen sharply.
Posted in Childcare, Growing upComments Off
Queen invented phone, pupils say
Posted on 16 March 2010.
One in 10 children thinks the Queen invented the telephone, a survey of children’s science knowledge suggests.
Posted in Growing up, LearningComments Off
Who’s afraid of the seven times table
Posted on 15 March 2010.
Kids don’t have to wrestle with multiplication. The answers are at their fingertips
Posted in Growing up, Pre-schoolersComments Off
Journeys for the girls (and women)
Posted on 15 March 2010.
Virginia Woolf’s house, Gertrude Stein’s flat – feminist pilgrimages are a great way to connect with history. So when Vera Groskop said girls were boring, her mother decided it was time for her first trip
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Fossil hunting: Searching for a pooh-stone
Posted on 15 March 2010.
Nicola Venning takes her children on a fossil-fuelled adventure in Dorset .
Posted in Growing up, Learning, Out and about, Visiting the UKComments Off
Say it with a hug… it’s what Mother really wants today
Posted on 15 March 2010.
Hug: Women say a big cuddle will be the perfect gift for Mother’s Day
Posted in Childcare, Family, Growing upComments Off
Families ‘only get together once a month’
Posted on 13 March 2010.
The average family now gets together just once a month because siblings, parents and grandparents live so far apart, a study showed.
Posted in Grandparents, Growing upComments Off
Britain ‘one of worst places to raise children’
Posted on 13 March 2010.
Britain is one of the worst places in the world to raise a child, a survey of expatriate parents has found.
Posted in Growing up, ParentingComments Off
‘Problem kids’ risk future pain
Posted on 12 March 2010.
Children with behavioural problems are twice as likely to suffer chronic pain as adults than others, say researchers.
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What it feels like to see a child’s life transformed
Posted on 01 March 2010.
Beauty writer Kathleen Baird-Murray’s son was becoming obsessed with his appearance, so she gave him a reality check
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A child’s horrid rudeness and what it says about the Left’s betrayal of the working class
Posted on 25 February 2010.
arlier today I witnessed a horrible piece of casual rudeness. I was collecting the newspapers from our local newsagent. I’ll call her Mrs A. Already in the shop was a teenage girl who hovered near the till, radiating sullen hostility.
Posted in Growing up, Learning, Random articlesComments Off
Playing musical instruments can improve a child’s mind
Posted on 22 February 2010.
Learning to play a musical instrument can help children to learn languages by increasing the brain’s sensitivity to sounds including speech.
Posted in Autism, Dyslexia, Growing up, MusicComments Off
My family values: David Mitchell
Posted on 21 February 2010.
The comedian talks about his family
Posted in Growing up, Media and Celebrity, TV, Theatre and FilmComments Off
The idle parent: labelling
Posted on 21 February 2010.
My new-found zeal for labelling provides hours of merriment.
Posted in Growing up, ParentingComments Off
David Cameron tells advertisers to stop sexualising children or lose money
Posted on 19 February 2010.
Advertisers who improperly target children and sexualise the young would be banned from bidding for official contracts for three years under a Conservative government.
Posted in Child Safety, Growing upComments Off
Family of eight bans gadgets from home
Posted on 19 February 2010.
Miranda and Richard Jones, from Ilkley, West Yorkshire, said their children became grumpy when denied access to their televisions or computer games, and took the decision to throw them all away.
Posted in Growing upComments Off
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