I was chatting on LBC Radio today about a new study of families in the United States and China that shows that most parents tell lies to their children as a tactic to change their behaviour! The most frequent example was parents threatening to leave children alone in public unless they behaved. Persuasion ranged from […]
David Cameron has said there will be no turning back on the decision to remove child benefit from better-off families. Speaking a day before the coalition publishes a review of its progress since 2010, the prime minister told the Sunday Telegraph the government had taken some “difficult” choices. What are your thoughts – how will […]
When a teenager smokes cannabis are they permanently damaging their brain and dulling their intellect for a lifetime? The dangers of smoking cannabis, and the potential health benefits, have been a source of controversy for many years. The latest study on the drug suggested heavy and prolonged cannabis smoking as a teenager resulted in a […]
I had just turned 9 years old when we sat as a family transfixed watching the first man to step onto the moon on 20th July 1969. Neil was the product of an era that dreamed of reaching for the stars and inspired the generations of astronauts that followed him. He was a modest […]
“Children who drink at younger ages are the ones who need help most. We also know that children whose parents misuse alcohol are more likely to develop their own problems later in life” ~Simon Antrobus, chief executive of drug and alcohol rehabilitation charity Addaction I am being interviewed today on LBC Radio http://www.lbc.co.uk/ about […]
I’m talking on London’s largest radio station today about the Government’s new idea for free parenting classes. Join me here on LBC I am greatly in favour of taking away the taboo about parenting classes – we go on courses on everything from marketing to management yet we receive literally no skills training for the […]
How kids prepare for an earthquake in Japan – CBBC Newsround We are a 24/7 News generation and today with the very sad news of the Earthquake in Japan children may be distressed, anxious and worried. So here are some excellent tips from the PBS Parents website about talking with your children about The News. […]
I read today’s BBC News with interest as Actress Joanna Lumley has claimed that British children are being brought up with “slack” morals. But what do you think? Here’s the article. “The 64-year-old Absolutely Fabulous star said the younger generation needed to be given “hearty pursuits” like building camps or working on farms. She also […]
