British Children.
Discussion
"The aggressive pursuit of personal success by adults is now the greatest threat to British children, a major independent report on childhood says.
It calls for a sea-change in social attitudes and policies to counter the damage done to children by society.
Family break-up, unprincipled advertising, too much competition in education and income inequality are mentioned as big contributing factors.
"Children with separate, single or step parents are 50% more likely to fail at school, have low esteem, be unpopular with other children and have behavioural difficulties, anxiety or depression," it argues.
"Child-rearing is one of the most challenging tasks in life and ideally it requires two people," the report concludes.
It also suggests that having many more working mothers has contributed to the damage done to children.
"Most women now work and their new economic independence contributes to levels of family break-up which are higher in the UK than in any other Western European country."
The panel has a series of recommendations aimed at improving the quality of family life experienced by children:
• a civil birth ceremony conducted by a registrar in which parents publicly accept the responsibilities of parenthood
• free parenting classes available around the time of birth
• free psychological and family support if relationships struggle
• rules making it easier for parents to stay at home to rear their children
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7861762.stm
So time for married mothers to leave the workplace and for society to shun single mothers?
It calls for a sea-change in social attitudes and policies to counter the damage done to children by society.
Family break-up, unprincipled advertising, too much competition in education and income inequality are mentioned as big contributing factors.
"Children with separate, single or step parents are 50% more likely to fail at school, have low esteem, be unpopular with other children and have behavioural difficulties, anxiety or depression," it argues.
"Child-rearing is one of the most challenging tasks in life and ideally it requires two people," the report concludes.
It also suggests that having many more working mothers has contributed to the damage done to children.
"Most women now work and their new economic independence contributes to levels of family break-up which are higher in the UK than in any other Western European country."
The panel has a series of recommendations aimed at improving the quality of family life experienced by children:
• a civil birth ceremony conducted by a registrar in which parents publicly accept the responsibilities of parenthood
• free parenting classes available around the time of birth
• free psychological and family support if relationships struggle
• rules making it easier for parents to stay at home to rear their children
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7861762.stm
So time for married mothers to leave the workplace and for society to shun single mothers?
Sounds good in priniciple
I'm all for the 'family' values way of living. Many now shun marriage, but I do think it has an element of adding stability to a family, okay it's only a piece of paper, but it's a commitment nonetheless.
I'm also in favour of single mothers not being given homes for them and their children, 99% of families would support them, those that aren't should live in group accomodation. If they're decent mothers, they WILL get out of that environment.
I'm all for the 'family' values way of living. Many now shun marriage, but I do think it has an element of adding stability to a family, okay it's only a piece of paper, but it's a commitment nonetheless.
I'm also in favour of single mothers not being given homes for them and their children, 99% of families would support them, those that aren't should live in group accomodation. If they're decent mothers, they WILL get out of that environment.
Fittster said:
• a civil birth ceremony conducted by a registrar in which parents publicly accept the responsibilities of parenthood
They can shove that up their arses. Having a child is an entirely private affair and there's no way on earth I would submit to a public guilt ceremony. 
FPC said:
Fittster said:
• a civil birth ceremony conducted by a registrar in which parents publicly accept the responsibilities of parenthood
They can shove that up their arses. Having a child is an entirely private affair and there's no way on earth I would submit to a public guilt ceremony. 
Hedders said:
fido said:
They should bring back Corporal Punishment - that would sort out alot of problems.
yup, and that.They stopped caning when i was at school, you could see the difference in the kids that never had the threat of caning hanging over them!
Nice little lesson in Labour party thinking this. Conservatives have been saying that sort of thing for years while Labour have undermined families, told women they should go out to work and so on. Ruin society first, then spend no doubt hundreds of thousands of pounds on advisers, consultants and so on, to tell them something that's fairly obvious to most people anyway, then try to spin it that capitalism and the pursuit of success are to blame.
Fittster said:
FPC said:
Fittster said:
• a civil birth ceremony conducted by a registrar in which parents publicly accept the responsibilities of parenthood
They can shove that up their arses. Having a child is an entirely private affair and there's no way on earth I would submit to a public guilt ceremony. £20 pw is hardly breaking the bank anyway. Oh, and the one-off £150 CTF. I don't think I get anything else from the state (the CTF isn't mine anyway).
drivin_me_nuts said:
Hedders said:
fido said:
They should bring back Corporal Punishment - that would sort out alot of problems.
yup, and that.They stopped caning when i was at school, you could see the difference in the kids that never had the threat of caning hanging over them!
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