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Schools abroad are ditching screens. Why not here?
3+ hour, 25+ min ago (300+ words) When it comes to tech regulation, look not at what Silicon Valley tech giants are advocating for their companies but what they do when it comes to their kids. Steve Jobs never gave his children i Pads. The Pay Pal…...
The experts" guide to saying no to your children
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (1121+ words) It sounds so wonderfully straightforward in theory. A crisp and clean syllable: efficient, decisive, authoritative." And yet saying no to our children can be one of the most fraught parts of parenting. In the age of gentle, feelings-validating nurturing, it's…...
Autism risks being "overdiagnosed" in children, study warns
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (509+ words) Autism in children may be overdiagnosed and wrongly branding socially anxious children with the condition could have "harmful implications, researchers have said." Experts said that behaviours such as difficulty maintaining eye contact or "toe-walking " walking on the balls of the…...
Floella Benjamin: "I could be strict. Children need boundaries
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (721+ words) Even before I had Alvina or her older brother, Aston, children used to call me their "mum. From 1976 I presented the children's TV show Play School " it was watched by millions of preschoolers. I'd then come across these children when…...
Perks galore when you don't have a job, so why would anyone work?
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (864+ words) There is a great deal of worry in government circles about youth unemployment. The rate among 16 to 24-year-olds has been rising rapidly and is now at about the 16 per cent mark. Why, why do these young people not find themselves…...
School dinner rules to ban chicken nuggets and fruit-free puddings
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (719+ words) Traditional fish and chips, fried chicken nuggets and jam doughnuts will be banned from school dinners in changes to be announced this week. Ministers will unveil new food standards for all schools in England on Monday in the first major…...
What I've learnt as a "boy mom' (that I didn't expect)
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (828+ words) The Times What I've learnt as a "boy mom' (that I didn't expect) From the joy of Minecraft to a better understanding of men, Rufi Thorpe, the author of Margo's Got Money Troubles, has learnt more than she expected as…...
We have "212, 000 of student debt " it took us ten years to buy a house
3+ week, 5+ day ago (629+ words) The dream of homeownership is slipping further away for graduates stuck with the burden of student loans. Young workers who didn't take out student loans save an average of "473 a month for their first home compared with an average of…...
Student loan architect admits system was designed in "mad rush
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (466+ words) Plan 2 student loans were designed in a "mad rush" at the height of austerity, according to one of the architects of the system. Nick Hillman was a special adviser to the former universities minister Lord Willetts when tuition fees tripled…...
Our warning to MPs: the student debt crisis is an economic time bomb
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (1233+ words) The student loan regime must be overhauled to fix a disastrous injustice and unlock the economic potential of a generation of graduates, The Sunday Times today warns MPs. Since Money revealed the punitive and regressive nature of England's student loan…...