Posts Tagged ‘their-children’

Pushy parents ‘a help to pupils’

Friday, October 29th, 2010

Parents who push their children to work hard at school have a bigger impact on their child’s academic success than their teachers, research suggests.

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Pushy parents ‘a help to pupils’

Your Money: Lending to Children Poses Pitfalls for Parents

Friday, October 22nd, 2010

Parents can help their children, but when lending them money, Mom and Dad should think like professionals.

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Your Money: Lending to Children Poses Pitfalls for Parents

Kids Guided Away from Picture Books

Friday, October 8th, 2010

Parents these days. The picture book, a staple of children’s literature with its colorful illustrations and oversized type, is slowly fading away. Though the recession is no doubt a factor, parents have begun pressuring their children to abandon…

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Care-mistake council to pay £100k

Monday, September 27th, 2010

A council has been ordered to pay £100,000 towards parents’ court costs after withdrawing a care application for three of their children, it emerges.

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Care-mistake council to pay £100k

After-school clubs ‘too costly’

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

Nearly two-thirds of UK parents cannot afford after-school activities for their children, a poll for the Save the Children charity suggests.

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After-school clubs ‘too costly’

Home births double over decade

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

The number of women who give birth to their children at home in Wales more than doubles in less than a decade, figures reveal.

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