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parenting
Why moral opportunists are exploiting this tragedy
spiked,
18 November 2008
The death of Baby P has been turned into a morality tale through which people can express their outrage and affirm their decency.
We keep children safe to let them run wild
Daily Telegraph,
18 November 2008
British adults have become estranged from the world of children. Many of them, according to a survey released yesterday, would go so far as to admit that they are scared of youngsters.
When politicians try to be parents, families lose out
Independent,
31 October 2008
Back in 2001 when I wrote Paranoid Parenting, I did not imagine that the problems it raised would get far worse. During the past seven years child rearing has turned into a veritable obsession for policy-makers.
Photographing children becomes a crime
Pajamas Media,
22 July 2008
The paranoid belief that all photos represent a threat to kids is more widespread than ever.
Thou shalt not hug
New Statesman,
26 June 2008
In a new report, I argue that the culture of vetting adults is damaging relationships between the generations.
Now you need a licence to interact with children
spiked,
26 June 2008
The UK government’s hysterical vetting of adults who work with kids is strangling social solidarity.
Childcare: child’s play is now a minefield
Daily Telegraph,
26 June 2008
The vetting of adults who supervise children has become excessive.
A Rumsfeldian attack on mothers-to-be
spiked,
26 March 2008
The new warning that pregnant women should avoid booze is not evidence-based – rather it springs from the relentless moralisation of pregnancy.
Watch without Mother
The Times,
17 January 2008
Children’s television programmes used to be viewed by grown-ups and children together. Now they reflect a crisis in adult authority.
Disturbing youth trend: Drinking to get drunk
Daily Telegraph,
23 September 2007
It's the way that British teenagers drink that is the problem.
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