Editor writes... It's good to see parents challenging Disney for daring to sexualise their offspring. It's not easy to stand up to the wacky woke brigade, but is there an argument for criticising parents who rely too much on the technology that allows them to stick their child in front of a TV screen while...
Editor writes... Increasingly, parents bemoan their children's addiction to screens, computers, phones, you-name-it. But, in my experience, nine times out of ten, those same parents are just as addicted. The lovely wee toddler in the above video is obviously mimicking mum. So, should parents set an example by, say, not actively using their phone/computer at...
Click here to read about the Scottish Government's plans to ban smacking. Parents who choose to discipline their children with a timely smack, are to be criminalised - although we've yet to find out exactly how this crackpot law will be enforced. Below, a letter written by our blogger, Athanasius, which was published in...
Plans to assign every child in Scotland a state guardian could lead to good parents being penalised, an academic has warned ahead of a final vote on the issue in Holyrood later this month. Sociology lecturer Dr Stuart Waiton said the “secrecy” inbuilt in the SNP’s proposals – which would give children a ‘named...
In recent years, I've met several parents who are deeply concerned at the way parents are regarded with suspicion by the authorities. One parent, whose (now grown up) son was particularly accident prone as a toddler, told me that if she were in the same position now, she would not dream of taking him to the...
