This week there have been alarming reports of the state of children’s health in the UK. The Academy of Medical Sciences published a new report on the worsening health of under-fives, highlighting that the UK is 30th out of 49 rich countries for infant mortality. It also found that: One in five children falls short …
Category «Family Policy»
Mobile phones and child safety
The Government has announced this week that they will release new guidance advising headteachers to ban the use of mobile phones in schools. The news comes after many other countries have done the same, with countries such as France, the Netherlands and Italy all banning the devices and seeing marked improvements in exam results, overall …
The kids are not alright
One of the largest and longest running studies of social attitudes, the World Values Survey, has found that UK families value their child’s “self-expression” more than the importance of children doing what they are told. The number of British people who thought that children should be taught obedience fell from 42% in 1990 to just …
Review of Feminism Against Progress by Mary Harrington
Feminism Against Progress by Mary Harrington. Reviewed by Joanna Bogle This is a necessary and almost overdue book. Mary Harrington was involved in drugs, the “genderqueer” scene, online chats where any new identity could be adopted…and then, very slowly, various truths and warm realities fostered a time of questioning. It was, powerfully, motherhood that produced …
FET statement on the RSE review
The prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has announced a review of Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) in schools. Speaking in Parliament on 8 March, the Prime Minister stated: “I have asked the Department for Education to ensure that schools are not teaching inappropriate or contested content in relationships, sex and health education. Our priority should always …