Frank Young

Westminster School and the sad decline of boys’ schools

30 March 2023 12:18 am

Westminster School, one of Britain’s oldest public schools, has announced it will go fully ‘co-ed’ from 2030. Having first admitted girls to…

Britain must address its anti-family tax system

20 December 2022 5:15 pm

Parenting – and indeed any talk of family life – has long been taboo in government. Nothing highlighted this more…

Parents need to do more to stop their kids watching porn

30 November 2022 8:32 pm

Nothing scares politicians more than telling parents how to do their job, which is a shame because a bit more…

Are millennials saving marriage?

4 November 2022 4:52 am

Some rare cheer: millennials are divorcing less than their parents. This might be cause for celebration if the long-term prognosis…

We need more royals

18 September 2022 7:20 pm

King Charles has been respectfully silent on any plans he might have to shake up the monarchy. Courtiers have spent…

The Treasury’s childcare trap

13 July 2022 7:00 pm

Announcements from Tory leadership pretenders have been noticeably light on big ideas. But one interesting policy suggestion was floated today…

Parenting matters. It's about time we were brave enough to say so

19 June 2022 7:04 pm

The Duchess of Cambridge has been out and about hosting roundtables with very important people, discussing what can be done…

Anxiety is killing parenthood

7 April 2022 10:40 pm

Britain is on a slow descent to oblivion. Scotland is even closer to the abyss, with a birth rate of…