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Poor parenting to blame?

By admin Thursday May 17, 2012

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Was bad parenting behind last summer’s riots? An official report seems to think so, do you agree?

The Riots, Communities and Victims Panel, set up after the riots which began in London and, at their height, affected several other towns and cities throughout the UK, has poor parenting as one of the issues which go to the heart of the problem alongside a lack of confidence in the police and materialism.

The report, which is one of several into the trouble, identifies 500,000 “forgotten families” who should receive assistance from the government to try and ensure that the youngsters within them are not attracted to breaking the law. The report also blamed aggressive advertising aimed at young people and recommended that schools should be penalised if pupils were leaving without being able to read or write.

What are your views on why the riots occurred last year? Should parents be accountable for the actions of their children? I believe so, but certainly other issues, such as materialism, could be said to have played a part too. We’d be interested to know your views on this subject.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9169274/Poor-parenting-to-blame-for-London-riots-report-says.html

After the Riots – The Final Report of the Riots Communities and Victims Panel

How family life has changed since the days of the Titanic

By admin Thursday May 10, 2012

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The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has produced figures on trends in marriages and divorces in the last 100 years which show marriages down and divorces vastly up.

The figures, which have been released to commemorate 100 years since the sinking of the Titanic, show there are more than 200 times the number of divorces now compared to 1911 despite there being fewer marriages. Also, perhaps unsurprisingly, there is now a lower birth rate and many more children born out of wedlock.

The 1911 statistics were taken from the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in England and Wales and had the population at just over 36 million, which had almost doubled by 2010 and is expected to grow further in future years. Despite the huge increase in the population there were just 241,100 marriages in England and Wales in 2010 compared to 274,943 in 1911 whereas there were just 580 divorces in that year which had risen to 119,589 in 2010.

Obviously, divorces, for most of the period from 1911 up to perhaps the 1960s and 70s, were frowned upon, so the figures are not too surprising. With divorce such a shock at the beginning of the 20th century it makes you wonder who were the 580 couples who decided to get divorced in 1911 and what were their circumstances.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/fewer-wed-but-200-times-more-divorces-than-in-1911-7637163.html

Father and son bonding

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Are you a father with a son? If so how much time do you spend with him? I ask because research suggests that the average father spends just 56 minutes a day with their son with work pressures and financial problems being two reasons for a lack of “quality time”. The survey, by Bandai toys, [...]

Think-tank calls for fostering reforms

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The think-tank Policy Exchange has introduced a debate as to the benefits or otherwise of fostering by producing worrying statistics which show that there has been a significant rise in the number of young people in placements and also, that a great many of these have limited literacy and numeracy skills. The study also says [...]

The younger you are the harder you�ll fall

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New research has suggested that divorce is a harder process for younger people than those who are older and perhaps more able to deal with the stress that a separation brings. It is a study which took place in the US which focussed on 1,500 people and studied the gap in health status between those [...]

The role of grandparents

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A new report, which says that the government is looking into ways to emphasise the positive role that grandparents can play in the bringing up of a child, is surely long overdue. Those of us who were able to have the benefit of the active involvement of an extended family, grandparents living near who were [...]

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