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'The children who walk the road to Holy Cross are groomed, consciously or not, for news bulletins and paraded for the cameras. See their misery. Study the terror that the spitters, the screamers, the...
Britain receives a D grade for the high cost of raising a child, in an end-of-year report card by the Family and Parenting Institute, which gives the country school-style grades on areas of family...
Margaret Hodge's appointment as minister for children continued to attract a barrage of criticism last week from the press and opposition MPs (see News, page 4). One unfortunate consequence of the...
It is easy for us to take for granted the range of physical skills that we have as adults. You may well be reading this after having made sandwiches, tied up shoelaces and negotiated your way around a...
By Dr Penelope Leach, psychologist and child development specialist Children have the same basic human right as adults to be protected from any form of violence. Yet the laws of most countries extend...
More than 60 per cent of families in Scotland say they have seen the quality of education services and wraparound care decrease because of funding cuts, a survey reveals.
Children who exhibit signs of behavioural or developmental problems at the Primary One stage will be assessed by local authorities and health agencies by March 2008, the Scottish Executive has...
By Linda Pound (Practical Pre-School Books, £21)