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| The annual number of new applications to take children into care has passed the 10,000 mark for the first time, latest figures show. Councils in England launched 886 legal proceedings to remove at-risk youngsters from their families in March, taking the 12 month total to 10,199. Caffcass, the agency that looks after children’s interests in the family courts, said the figures showed that agencies were working more quickly following the impact of the Baby P tragedy. | |
| Family | The Sentinel – 12th April 2012 |
| Sending young children to nursery schools can harm their development, new research from Canada has suggested. The "lion's share" of children attending state nurseries at a young age had lower test scores in later life compared with those who stayed home with a parent. Boys at nursery were the worst affected, displaying higher levels of aggression and hyperactivity. A study by Michael Kottelenberg and Steven Lehrer, economists from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, examined the introduction of universal subsidised child care in Quebec. Their findings were attributed to a sharp reduction in the amount of time children spent with their parents, being read to or playing. | |
| Family | The Daily Telegraph - March 28 2012 |
| In February, Mayor of London Boris Johnson backed the right of parents to smack their children. He told BBC Radio 5 Live that he believed the current law was ‘confusing’ and warned that parents were ‘anxious’ about disciplining their children. The law on smacking in England and Wales allows parents to smack their children, but legislation in 2004 restricted the defence of ‘reasonable chastisement’. | |
| Family | Evangelicals Now - March 2012 |
| More British children are being raised by single parents because the tax and benefit system ‘encourages transient shack-ups’. One in five British children live with a single mother or father. This figure is 50% higher than in France. In January, researcher and author Patricia Morgan pointed out that these are the countries whose tax and benefits systems reward parents who stay together. | |
| Family | Evangelicals Now, February 2012 |
| A survey by the Children's Society has revealed that nearly one in 10 children over the age of eight are unhappy. The survey, which questioned more than 30,000 young people, found that relationships within a home had the most impact on a child. In his forward to the report, John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, said the findings should be 'a wake-up call to us all'. | |
| Family | The Guardian - 12 January 2012 |
| A survey has revealed that mothers value personal hygiene more than religion in their child’s upbringing, reported the Daily Mail. According to the survey, 77 per cent of women said that keeping their child clean was the most important part of raising them, whereas only 16.6 per cent of parents believe that faith is of utmost importance. | |
| Family | The War Cry – 1st October 2011 |
| A new study shows that men, women and children now spend an average of 12 hours per week on the internet; much longer than most practising Christians spend on worship. | |
| Family | Life And Work August 2011 |
| Children under the age of five should exercise for at least three hours a day, new Government guidelines suggest. Babies should be taken swimming and play on “baby gym” mats while toddlers should walk for at least 15 minutes of routine journeys, such as to nursery, child medical officers say. The exercise guidance targets under-fives for the first time and comes amid growing fears over childhood obesity. | |
| Family | The Sentinel July 11 2011 |
| Prime Minister David Cameron has come under fire after calling for fathers who abandon their families to be “stigmatised” by society in the same way as drink drivers. He signalled an onslaught on “runaway dads”. However, campaigners warned efforts to hold fathers responsible for their families were being undermined by Government plans to charge mothers who use the Child support Agency to collect money they are owed. | |
| Family | The Sentinel June 20, 2011 |
| Pope Benedict urged young Catholics not to live together before marriage during a strong defence of the family he made during his visit to Croatia. “Be courageous,” the Pope said. “Do not give in to that secularised mentality which proposes living together as a preparation or even a substitute for marriage. Show by the witness of your lives that it is possible like Christ, to love without reserve, and do not be afraid to make a commitment to another person,” He also urged them to support the irreplaceable value of the family founded upon matrimony. | |
| Family | The Universe June 12, 2011 |
| A new nationwide survey appears to say , marriage and family values make children happier, according to the Christian Institute. Children who live with both their biological parents have higher ‘life satisfaction’, and eating an evening meal together as a family is important, the study said. The findings come from the secular Understanding Society study, which questioned about 14,000 households. The study said that ‘not living with both natural parents has a greater negative impact on a young person’s life satisfaction than their material situation’. | |
| Family | Christianity, May 2011 |
| An investigation has revealed that in the UK today there are thousands of British couples so desperate to choose the sex of their baby that they are prepared to undergo a controversial fertility treatment that is banned in this country and most of Europe on ethical grounds. 'Family Balancing', as it is known, enables would-be parents to select the sex of a child with almost 100 per cent certainty through a technique called Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD), which is carried out during IVF. | |
| Family | Daily Mail 16th March 2011 |
| One in five youngsters aged four and under has a TV in their bedroom, according to research. Young parents (under 24s) are particularly keen on the idea with 28 per cent putting TVs in the rooms of under fours. The Mintel research found that, in general, parents from the poorest background with the fewest educational qualifications were most likely to put a TV in the room of a toddler - one in three. Single parents were also more likely to rely on TVs in the bedroom - 25 per cent, compared with 13 per cent of married couples. However, it was not exclusively an issue for poorer families. Mintel found one in ten families with the most wealth and education have put a TV in the baby's room. | |
| Family | Daily Mail March 18th 2011 |
| The rising popularity of living together without marrying is largely to blame for the increase in broken homes, according to a report by the Centre for Social Justice published in early December. The think tank called for marriage to be promoted as a means of improving family stability, since their analysis shows that unmarried couples are much more likely to separate than those who marry. Four-fifths of separations are by co-habitees, whereas only one-fifth are married couples divorcing. | |
| Family | Evangelical's Now February 2011 |
| The recession has left people relying on the support of their families more than ever. Far from the family unit falling apart, people are coming together and choosing to spend time in groups of family and close friends. According to research by Merlin Entertainments Group Fun Day, more than half of us spend leisure time with our extended family. When asked who we would like to spend more time with, the family comes out on top again – suggesting that precious time with loved ones is what people want more than anything else. | |
| Family | The War Cry - 23 October, 2010 |
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