The Disney guide to good parenting

The digital arm of Disney is gearing up to launch a UK version of family.com.
UKfamily.com - see what they’ve done there? - will soft launch on July 1 and this will be followed by a public launch later that same month.
Parenting websites have been springing up all over the place in recent times - take your pick [...]

Hey sweetcheeks, ain’t you forgetting something…?

I shouldn’t be surprised, but I can’t help myself.
Heinz has been forced to pull its TV advert for the Deli Mayo range after the Advertising Standards Authority received 200 complaints from viewers in less than a week.
The “offensive and inappropriate advert” was also deemed to be “unsuitable to be seen by children”.
The main gripe appears to be [...]

Too much too young - Vanity Fair and Hannah Montana continued…

I’ve generated a fair bit of traffic and a few comments over the last week or so following my original post on the pictures of Miley Cyrus in Vanity Fair.
I stand by my original belief that VF, the photographer and everyone involved from the other central characters and those on the periphery are guilty of [...]

Vanity Fair and Hannah Montana

The star of Disney’s tween hit Hannah Montana has issued a public apology over photographs that appear alongside an interview she granted to Vanity Fair.
Miley Cyrus, the 15 year-old daughter of C&W singer Billy Ray Cyrus, is pictured in various poses as part of the magazine spread.
The photographs by Annie Leibovitz that have caused most consternation show [...]

I blame the grandparents

“Blame the parents” is a familiar response to the failings of the younger generation.
But, according to new research, even the parents of the parents are pointing the finger.
The wrath of grannies is being increasingly felt as they look on with a mixture of horror and incredulity as their own childen start to make a pig’s [...]

The kids aren’t alright

I cannot help but feel pity for today’s youngsters, even the skateboarders.
We continue to fail them over everything from their diet to their schooling, put all kinds of pressure on them to grow up too quickly and demonise them at almost every opportunity.
In many ways it is the lot of the teenager to be picked on [...]

Modern parenting is all about delegating responsibility

Parents are increasingly looking to schools and teachers to fill the moral vacuum that exists within their own children.
According to a senior headteachers’ leader, pupils lack realistic aspirations and are too heavily influenced by what they see as the “easy” lives of celebrities.
John Dunford, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, believes some children have [...]