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Archive | Growing up
Double-barrelled names – not just for Tory toffs
Posted on 01 December 2009.
Double-barrelled names may be too posh for David Cameron, but what about the rest of us?
Posted in Grandparents, Growing upComments Off
Nuclear family is broken warns parents’ group
Posted on 30 November 2009.
The traditional nuclear family has irretrievably broken down and it will soon become normal for children to be raised by relations other than their parents, the head of a Government-funded parenting group has predicted.
Posted in Grandparents, Growing up, Just for DadsComments Off
If Your Child is a Sore Loser
Posted on 29 November 2009.
No young child likes to lose at a game. But there are some for whom not winning or not getting their way is a trigger for a tantrum or a pout.
Posted in Growing up, Pre-schoolersComments Off
Down with the kids: product placement
Posted on 28 November 2009.
Product placements in British-made TV shows are to be allowed, so this week’s column is brought to you by …
Posted in Growing up, ParentsComments Off
Family fortunes
Posted on 26 November 2009.
First born, middle or last …? Children’s birth position can have a profound effect on parental expectation and this often feeds through to classroom behaviour and achievement
Posted in Growing up, SiblingsComments Off
Street pays tribute to Mr Benn
Posted on 26 November 2009.
Residents of the street that helped inspire the Mr Benn stories have clubbed together to pay tribute to the classic children’s character.
Posted in Growing up, TV, Theatre and FilmComments Off
Call me a spoilsport but I’m glad my dad wasn’t a lesbian
Posted on 25 November 2009.
When it comes to sweeping generalisations, I am the daddy. All Germans have no sense of humour, all instruction manuals are pointless, all cruise ships are ghastly, every single American is fat, all golfers are boring and all Peugeots are driven by people you wouldn’t have round for dinner.
Posted in Growing up, One Parent familiesComments Off
Alpha Mummy
Posted on 24 November 2009.
My husband and I argue on only four issues: the correct way to load a dishwasher, the enjoyability levels of The Nolans’ back-catalogue..
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Do parents’ white lies hurt children?
Posted on 24 November 2009.
Can fibbing to your kids harm them? A university study insists that it can, but one writer says that’s nonsense
Posted in Growing up, Just for DadsComments Off
Children ‘not exercising enough’
Posted on 23 November 2009.
Parents are failing to realise how physically active their children should be, a charity has warned.
Posted in Growing up, Health, Just for Dads, ObesityComments Off
Dirt can be good for children, say scientists
Posted on 23 November 2009.
Children should be allowed to get dirty, according to scientists who have found being too clean can impair the skin’s ability to heal.
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Second conjoined twin wakes – and blows raspberry
Posted on 22 November 2009.
The sound of a little girl blowing a raspberry was the sweetest Moira Kelly has ever heard.
Posted in Growing up, Twins and multiples, World News1 Comment
Labour cracks down on teenage violence
Posted on 22 November 2009.
Teenage perpetrators of domestic violence are to be targeted by the government in a hard-hitting awareness campaign that reflects concern about physical abuse meted out by the young.
Posted in Growing up, Tweens and TeensComments Off
A young family decides to go without tv – how do they survive?
Posted on 21 November 2009.
Is it possible to run a happy home without a television? Caroline Cleaves puts it to the test.
Posted in Growing up, TV, Theatre and FilmComments Off
Evolution classes for primary pupils
Posted on 20 November 2009.
Children at primary school are to be given compulsory lessons on evolution for the first time under a shake-up of the curriculum unveiled yesterday.
Posted in Growing up, LearningComments Off
More promises, more children’s chances ruined
Posted on 20 November 2009.
Standards rise when schools can run their own affairs. Yet Labour is obsessed with destructive micromanagement
Posted in Growing up, LearningComments Off
Lesbians make ‘better parents’, says senior parenting official
Posted on 18 November 2009.
Lesbians are better at raising children than conventional couples, a senior member of the Government’s parenting academy has said.
Posted in Growing up, Just for Dads1 Comment
‘Small beer’ Blyton banned by BBC
Posted on 15 November 2009.
Children’s author Enid Blyton was banned from the BBC for nearly 30 years because her work was considered “small beer”, archive documents have revealed.
Posted in Book Reviews, Growing up1 Comment
Families spend four days a year arguing
Posted on 13 November 2009.
Parents and children have at least three disagreements a day, with mothers causing most of the rows, according to new research..
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Bereaved pupils lack school help
Posted on 11 November 2009.
The poll of almost 100 UK schools found 57% of bereaved pupils had difficulty joining in group activities or debates.
Posted in Growing up, LearningComments Off
Casualties of war: how forces children bear scars of conflict
Posted on 09 November 2009.
Bullied, badly behaved, regularly uprooted and moved about the country – the children of British military personnel have become a “ticking…
Posted in Childcare, Growing up, Just for DadsComments Off
Fashion for kids? It’s sheer chic
Posted on 09 November 2009.
Stella McCartney’s new range for Gap Kids prompts a simple question, says Jemima Lewis: why does a two-year-old need epaulettes?
Posted in Finance, Green Parenting, Growing up, Out and aboutComments Off
Sex and school don’t mix
Posted on 08 November 2009.
So Ed Balls has decreed that sex education will be compulsory.
Posted in Growing up, Learning, One Parent familiesComments Off
A child’s eye view of the Kingsmead estate
Posted on 08 November 2009.
Children from a deprived London housing estate were given cameras to record the detail of their daily lives – with beautiful results
Posted in Grandparents, Growing up, Just for Dads, Twins and multiplesComments Off
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