Encouraging lone parents
6 January 2005
Encouraging lone parents into work by increasing
conditions on benefits could lead to improved outcomes for children - but only
if jobs are flexible and high-quality childcare is available. Sanctions...
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Prison is no bar to bedtime stories
6 January 2005
Children whose fathers are away in prison need not miss
out on hearing a bedtime story from him. Fathers in Winchester Prison have been
provided with recording facilities by Hampshire...
Soaring prescriptions prompt Ritalin inquiry
6 January 2005
The number of children in Scotland prescribed the
controversial drug Ritalin has increased tenfold over the past eight years,
prompting an inquiry into the care and treatment provided for Scottish...
Media watch
6 January 2005
Childcare arrangements of the rich and famous seem the
latest hot topic for broadsheet columnists. In the Daily Telegraph, Cassandra
Jardine said former home secretary David Blunkett was 'not alone...
Children empathise with their disabled peers
6 January 2005
Children have used their artwork to suggest ways to
improve school life for their peers who have additional support needs. More
than 200 children aged between six and 18 entered...
Informal care preferred by many parents
6 January 2005
Policymakers are being urged to reconsider the current
expansion of formal childcare provision and focus on the benefits of informal
care provided by friends and family. The recommendation is made...
'Make family learning available to all'
6 January 2005
A wider range of family learning programmes is needed
to tackle problems of under-achievement, truancy and anti-social behaviour in
children and to improve the lives of adults, according to a...
Dominic Head, with foster father Ron Head, receives his 2004 Woman's Own Children of Courage Award
6 January 2005
(Photograph) - Five-year-old Dominic Head, with foster
father Ron Head, receives his 2004 Woman's Own Children of Courage Award in a
ceremony at Westminster Abbey on 15 December. Dominic was...
Private nurseries form a support network
6 January 2005
A new network dedicated to ensuring day nurseries in
Cardiff and the surrounding areas are well supported has been launched by the
National Day Nurseries Association. The Cardiff Network, open...
To the point...
6 January 2005
Our weekly columnist Beatrix Campbell ponders what the
appointment of a new education secretary really represents. Everybody agrees
that the appointment of Ruth Kelly, the brainbox, to head up the...
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