Both parents at home? Less likely in UK Originally posted by Peter Inson at 11:46, December 29 2012 Britain lags behind other developed countries when it come to the security of the families in which most of its children are brought up. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/uk-family-breakdown-epidemic-102124304.html#Vih9I3c Anyone who has brought up children will tell you what an effort …
Girls too need dads at home Originally posted by Peter Inson at 07:24, January 15 2013 Found myself at a school in front of a class of fifteen year olds talking about boys whose fathers had walked out. At the end of the session the boys disappeared en bloc, for it was break time. Five …
Gay marriage – an unfortunate diversion Originally posted by Peter Inson at 07:28, January 15 2013 Our current worries about same-sex marriage divert our attention from children and those who bring them into the world. Marriage was established at a time when babies usually followed the start of cohabitation and was accepted as the means …
Safer roads Originally posted by Peter Inson at 07:39, January 15 2013 Provisional driving licences for able-bodied people only once they have passed a cycling proficiency test. Oblige them to appreciate consideration on the part of other road users. Anguished parents would demand far greater expectations of motorists. Convicted for violent or aggressive behaviour, don’t …
A-level reforms Originally posted by Peter Inson at 10:13, January 26 2013 So both teachers and universities are agreed in their opposition to Michale Gove’s proposed reforms of A-levels. If they believe that they system that they operate is best, why don’t they ignore the Secretary of State.? If they can produce something they believe …
Why do we need a secretary of state for education? Now a U-turn over abolishing GCSEs Originally posted by Peter Inson at 06:48, February 7 2013 For a quarter of a century state schools in the UK have had to live with this sort of nonsense – since a Tory government took direct control of …
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A Wicked Scandal – Desperate parents fight for places in better state schools while MPs’ kids are safe Originally posted by Peter Inson at 21:27, March 4 2013 Many parents are terrified of sending their children to schools that are affected excessively by children who are violent or disruptive; in desperation some hire lawyers and …
Perversion of childhood a growing threat Originally posted by Peter Inson at 11:10, March 7 2013 The Times headline, “You Stop being a child at 12….” (6.3.2013 News p. 4) addresses appearances rather than realities. People of any age who allowed themselves to be directed in their lives in the ways described, concerned to meet …
Yet more motorways to fill with traffic jams, no doubt Originally posted by Peter Inson at 11:44, April 5 2013 A recent allegation in a letter to The Times that Ernest Marples, a Tory transport minister in the 1950s who launched motorway building in this country, had a large vested interest in roads was followed …
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Childhood does not end at twelve Originally posted by Peter Inson at 11:53, April 5 2013 A recent headline: “You Stop being a child at 12….” What some parents see as the loss of their children is in fact their being kidnapped by others who are not accountable for their activities with children and young …
