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 [...]

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 art of stating the bleedin’ obvious

The fact we needed a high-profile review to tell the Government that the video games rating system needs an overhaul to make it easier for parents to understand and they also need greater guidance to help them supervise their children’s time online sums up the state we’ve got ourselves in.
It should have been patently clear that there [...]

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 [...]

MP calls for Facebook lessons

Schools should set aside time each week to give pupils lessons on the responsible use of Facebook, other social networking sites and the internet in general.
That is the view of Madeleine Moon, the MP for Bridgend who was so quick to indulge in some bandwagon jumping when news first started to break about a number of [...]