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Falling birth rates are the greatest crisis facing humanity " bar none
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (238+ words) Stephen J Shaw on the personal and social tragedy of "unplanned childlessness. Brendan ONeill: How bad have things got when it comes to collapsing birth rates? Stephen J Shaw: I couldnt imagine it being any worse, frankly. Ive been studying…...
Why Gen Z girls are so anxious
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (150+ words) Spiked Why Gen Z girls are so anxious Freya India on social media, dating and wokeism. Freya India " author of GIRLS" " joins spiked's Georgina Mumford to discuss the unique challenges faced by the women of the social-media generation. Freya explains…...
Why so many children are now classified as "disabled
1+ week, 2+ day ago (294+ words) Millions of perfectly healthy children are being set up for a lifetime of state dependency and unfulfilled potential. I should have felt shocked when I read that one in eight parents now report that their child has a disability. That…...
Britain's graduates are being thrown on the scrapheap
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (272+ words) From AI interviews to being "ghosted" by employers, the job hunt has become a degrading, inhumane process. Ironically, those tasked with graduate employment (typically human-resources departments) preach inclusivity, respectful workplace behaviour and "people-centricity". To examine whether these values are put…...
No, Paloma Faith, a baby cannot "choose" its sex
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (312+ words) From celebs to the NHS, gender woo-woo is still everywhere you look. Two decades may have passed, but I still remember the anticipation before our baby was born. We chose not to find out the sex " we wanted the surprise....
Student loans aren't the only thing that grads have been missold
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (180+ words) Graduates are drowning in unforeseen debts to pay for a degraded, hollowed-out education. Graduates are angry. With the cost of repaying student loans spiralling, and far fewer entry-level jobs available for recent university-leavers, some now argue they were sold a…...
Young people need jobs, not therapy
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (186+ words) Wes Streeting must be mad to think a few therapy sessions will solve the UK's worklessness epidemic. Last year, Streeting warned that mental-health problems are being overdiagnosed and there is a danger of pathologising normal feelings. Yet only a few…...
Will we ever kick trans activists out of the classroom?
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (443+ words) New schools guidance will restore single-sex spaces, but it leaves too many loopholes for ideologues to exploit. This nod to the Cass Review sounds promising. Her review of children's gender-identity services found only weak evidence in favour of letting children…...
The British state treats its adults like children
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (98+ words) From smoking bans to arrests over tweets, the UK is being run like an oversized kindergarten. But it is not only parents whom successive governments have stripped of autonomy. The ability of adults to make judgement calls about their own…...
Helicopter parenting robs kids of a normal childhood
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (408+ words) Unlimited reading for "1 a month, for 3 months Lenore Skenazy on why Generation Z feel overwhelmed with anxiety. Georgina Mumford: A parenting decision you made almost 20 years ago garnered nationwide attention in the US. Can you explain what happened, and what…...