It’s the latest child-rearing method in America. But is it good for the family, asks Viv Groskop What are your plans for today? If you are a parent, the chances are that they will revolve around your children, from ferrying them to various Saturday morning improving activities to worrying about how to get them to [&hellip
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Homework classes for parents planned
Parents are to be paid to attend classes to help their children with maths, English, and science homework. In some cases, older students may be frustrated and complain that they do not know how to “do my math homework“, so they may ask for additional help in online areas to assist them with this need. [&hellip
Mothers of invention
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If you thought being a mum meant the end of being cool, then think again. A new breed of hipster mums – women for whom having a baby and maintaining an aesthetically pleasing, culturally rich lifestyle were never going to be mutually exclusive – are all over the blogosphere, showing the rest of us how [&hellip
Parents and police
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Charity speaks out on Rotherham Sir, The reader who referred to the Rotherham victims’ parents as “the authors of all this misfortune” in her recent letter (Aug 29) negates the complexity of child sexual exploitation. A child protection model that focuses on identifying risks in the home misses the needs of older children, who often [&hellip
The state may threaten but a parent knows when a child is sick
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My youngest son turned five last month. If he were diagnosed with a brain tumour, like Ashya King, and if he were deteriorating after surgery, I know that I would pursue the thinnest threads of hope to the ends of the earth to save him. I certainly wouldn’t hesitate in spiriting him away to Spain [&hellip