Editorial

Early in his time as Prime Minister, Tony Blair said that he intended to be tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime. It sounded really good at the time. We are not concerned here with his penchant for sound bites, however, nor whether he actually was tough on both of his targets, … Read more

The Webmag has been going for nearly eight years now, and we must have published well over a thousand articles. Who refers to the musty piles of back numbers of hard copy magazines? The Webmag articles are all there at the touch of the Back Issues button. Modern technology makes them available. But unless you … Read more

A mixture of news items, events, comments and whimsies, including the World Scout Jamboree, the costs of offending and disability, Postman Pat and letter-writing, children and the arts, gyms for kids, malaria, depression, knife-proof clothing for children and common sense Jamboree! We should not let this issue pass without noting the 21st World Scout Jamboree … Read more

Apparently the child care workforce is becoming steadily more female. There always has been an imbalance, with more women in caring roles than men, and there have been moves in the past to try to recruit more men, but the current trend is presumably the result of thousands of decisions by men and women about … Read more

The Webmag has been going for seven and a half years now, and we must have published well over a thousand articles. Who refers to the musty piles of back numbers of hard copy magazines? The Webmag articles are all there at the touch of the Back Issues button. Modern technology makes them available. But … Read more

A mixture of news items, events, comments and whimsies, including pupil premiums, beating children, atonement for clerical child abuse, Harry Potter, nimbyism, unintended consequences, the Children in Care Bill and nursery rhymes. The Child Poverty Action Group has welcomed a LibDem proposal that schools should be paid a pupil premium to take account of their … Read more

We welcome the publication of the White Paper, Care Matters, Time for Change. It says the right things about the needs of children and young people in care and contains a large number of measures and suggestions that should improve the lot of those in care dramatically. In particular, it was good to see that … Read more

A mixture of news items, events, comments and whimsies, including bicycles, Every Child Matters, dummies, confidentiality, the history of child care, bathkidslitfest, summer time in Bath, money, the Mulberry Bush, bullying and a new(ish) journal. Every Child Matters – so do the Rest of Us The five main concerns of Every Child Matters have been … Read more

The Webmag has been going for seven and a half years now, and we must have published well over a thousand articles. Who refers to the musty piles of back numbers of hard copy magazines? The Webmag articles are all there at the touch of the Back Issues button. Modern technology makes them available. But … Read more

A mixture of news items, events, comments and whimsies, including eradicating poverty, funds for disabled children, parents as car drivers, the Hogwarts Express and learning Mandarin. Eradicating Child Poverty  Spending less than half of the £9 billion paid in City bonuses last year would halve child poverty in the UK by 2010. A survey by Barnardo’s … Read more

The Webmag has been going for seven and a half years now, and we must have published well over a thousand articles. Who refers to the musty piles of back numbers of hard copy magazines? The Webmag articles are all there at the touch of the Back Issues button. Modern technology makes them available. But … Read more

In this issue we report on the United Nations Draft Guidelines for the Promotion of Appropriate Parental Care, the Protection of Children Deprived of Such Care, and the Provision of Alternative Care. The Guidelines pose a fundamental question. How far can the care of children and young people be seen as a world-wide phenomenon, with … Read more