News & Comment Archives
1
2
>Online financial help for single parents
’Money Survival Kit’ launched to give practical advice and support to struggling single parents
– Click
here.
Help and advice for step parents
Struggling with your step parent role? A pilot course begins next week specially designed for you
– Click
here.
Pick up free healthy eating book from your child’s primary school
The
Little Book of Goodness gives advice and guidance on healthy eating options for your child
– Click
here.
Log on to My School Book Club
buy the best books at the best prices while supporting your child’s school
– Click
here.
Mums urged: renew your tax credits now
31 July is the deadline for renewal of your tax credit claim ...
– Click
here.
Half term is National Family Week
Family Week Sports Day is on Saturday 30 May and is supported by Sally Gunnell, Olympic Gold medallist and mum of three
– Click
here.
Media to be allowed into family courts
From today journalists are to be allowed access to family court hearings –- but reporting restrictions mean that the public may still remain in the dark
– Click
here.
Cervical cancer vaccination for teenage girls –- last jab due
The recent untimely death of Jade Goody has brought cervical cancer to the headlines. Thankfully, a programme is in place to help protect our daughters from this remorseless disease.
– Click
here.
Alcohol and children – your views wanted
How should we introduce alcohol to our young people? Should we give it to them at all? The government wants YOUR views
– Click
here.
Warning to parents buying baby equipment on-line
Buying second hand child car seats on internet auction sites could be putting your child’s life at risk ...
– Click
here.
Who do you want this Valentine’s Day?
Caring and creative professionals are sexier than City types, a new survey reveals ...
– Click
here.
New efforts to increase ‘class mobility’
High achievement in life is still linked to class and wealth ... the Government sets out new measures to help improve the chances of children from poorer backgrounds
– Click
here.
Monday 5 January is ‘National Divorce Day’
New Year is the time when unhappy couples are most likely to contact lawyers about getting a divorce. If you and your partner look as though you may be becoming part of the statistics, take some tips about how to minimise the damage to your children.
– Click
here.
Help your teenagers to a drugs-free Christmas
Nearly one in ten teenagers think they will use drugs during this holiday period. Be there to listen to your teenagers and offer them advice – but don’t lecture them or get mad ...
– Click
here.
New Child Support Agency – same old problems?
The Child Support Agency has been replaced by the new Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC) with greater powers to enforce court orders
– Click
here.
Has your child got rhythm?
A new competition has been launched to find the primary school child who can best recite poems off by heart
– Click
here.
Grandparents’ Day is Sunday 5th October
Bet you didn’t know that there was such a thing – but why not make an effort to put your kids in touch with their grandparents anyway?
– Click
here.
Roll-out of cervical cancer vaccine for girls
This week sees the beginning of a national health programme to vaccinate girls against HPV
– Click
here.
Financial help for teenagers in education
Find out how the government can help with the costs of attending sixth form or college education after your child has turned 16
– Click
here.
Holidays bring families closer, says research
Holidays needn’t be hell! Research reveals the positive benefits of family holidays...
– Click
here.
Just one week left to renew your tax credits
If you are receiving tax credits it’s time to check your Annual Review Form to ensure that you’re getting the right money
– Click
here.
Now for the good news about teenagers!
New research gives the lie to the stereotype of teenagers as surly, uncommunicative and aggressive
– Click
here.
Flexible working for more parents – now they’re talking
Let’s raise a glass to new plans that acknowledge working parents’ obligations to their children!
– Click
here.
Would you like to help other parents ‘drug proof their kids’?
The charity Care for the Family offers training in How to Drug Proof Your Kids®
– Click
here.
Granny the Nanny
Grandparent childminders ... a labour of love
– Click
here.
What’s it like to be a stepdad?
A new website aimed at fathers –
www.dad.info –– is looking for stepdads to share their experiences
– Click
here.
Calling happy stepmums – for Good Housekeeping magazine
Would you like to share your step-parenting experiences in a top women’s glossy?
– Click
here.
Free WellChild Helpline is launched for children’s health issues
Don’t be afraid to ask...
– Click
here.
We’re doing OK – it’s official!
– Click
here.
Press cuttings
Where does the money come from? ... Can they really ask me that? ...
– Click
here.
1
2
> 
