March 2009: In This Issue

The big issue in this edition is parenting, and we have looked at it from lots of angles – adopting, bringing up daughters as a single father, learning to parent, grandparenting, a review of A Good Childhood, a poem, men in caring roles with little children, and a few more points in News Views. We … Read more

News Views

Including young fathers, first-born children, substance abuse and new mores, primary education, gangs, social workers, bureaucracy and UNISON, residential care and the voluntary sector, zerotothree, the 9th TICICC conference, travelling, snow, schools and sledging.

Feb 2009: In This Issue

The theme for this month is health, and we have articles arguing for a holistic approach and considering how we teach children about sexual health. There is an article by Keith White looking at what home means – especially to those children who have to live elsewhere or do not have one. we have a … Read more

News Views

Including MMR and the media, well-being, eating for two, coughs and sneezes, emergency care, nanny-sharing, expeditions, whistle-blowing and communication

Children Webmag Jan 2009: In This Issue

The theme for January is Training and Education, and we have articles by Maureen O’Hagan, Valerie Jackson and Wanda Gibson, as well as the Editorial. Keith White’s column also focuses on education, while both the Key Texts digested by Robert Shaw have strong training links – the Castle Priory Report and a paper by Karen … Read more

News Views

Including missing children, maths teaching and motivation, abuse at Caldicott School, play, two re-organisations – social services and primary schooling and Eleanor Simmonds

Dec 2008- In This Issue

The theme this month is children’s rights. In a month when the lives of millions of children in the Congo have been at risk because of war and when the tragic death of Baby P has been in the media headlines in the UK, the protection of children’s rights could not be more important. Prospera … Read more