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parenting
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.
Adults behaving badly
spiked,
9 November 2006
The real problem today is not that 'yoofs' are running riot, but that grown-ups lack the confidence to engage with them.
Hollow words: ‘Role model’
The First Post,
9 March 2006
Inspiring, motivating, buck-passing
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