In this issue: Every Child Matters Abstinence under fire Who would have thought it? THE OTHER 3 Rs Goes Live! Every Child Matters A proposal to appoint a children’s commissioner for England features among a number of new initiatives announced by the government in its Green Paper on children published in September. According to the …
Bulletin 112: Summer 2003
In this issue: AGM & Conference June 2003 A Date for Your Diaries Section 28 Legacies A Sad Loss Book Review A Message from the Founder President Annual General Meeting & Conference 28 June 2003 The Annual General Meeting and Conference at the Royal Air Force Club, Piccadilly, was a day when members faced up …
Children’s Commissioner would not serve the best interests of England’s children
As the Joint Committee on Human Rights publishes its ‘Case for a Children’s Commissioner for England’ later today, Family Education Trust registers its concern that the establishment of such a statutory office would not serve the best interests of children, but would rather operate as a vehicle to advance a radical ‘children’s rights’ agenda, undermining …
Bulletin 111: Spring 2003
In this issue: Annual Conference Dutch Utopia Children’s Commissioner for England? Children’s sexual ‘rights’ The ‘proof’ that sex education works Review: Sex, condoms and STDs Annual Conference Saturday 28 June 2003 The Royal Air Force Club 128 Piccadilly, London W1 10.30am-5.00pm This year’s annual general meeting and annual conference will be held, as usual, …
Lessons from low teenage pregnancy rates in the Netherlands
The lessons to be learned from the extremely low Dutch teenage pregnancy rate should be applied to the UK government’s teenage pregnancy strategy, according to a new report from the Family Education Trust. This will entail cutting benefits for teenage mothers and strengthening the family. Deconstructing the Dutch Utopia, by Dutch sociologist Joost van Loon, …