Children
Brave new world
Joe Biden announced in November: ‘Transgender people are some of the bravest Americans I know.’ When Conservative MP Jamie Wallis…
The kids aren’t all right – and the grown-ups are to blame
I think it’s time we stopped scaring the children. I think they’ve had enough. They’re at breaking point now, every…
Anxiety is killing parenthood
Britain is on a slow descent to oblivion. Scotland is even closer to the abyss, with a birth rate of…
My three straight weeks of saintliness
I’m currently standing at the top of Brownie Point Mountain, having spent the past two weeks looking after our three…
The Pope is right: it is selfish to choose pets over children
Well, we’ve been terrifically amused and amusing at the expense of Pope Francis, who this week declared at a Vatican…
Nature vs nurture
The ‘social mobility tsar’ Katharine Birbalsingh has suggested that children, born evil, ‘need to be taught right from wrong and…
The stolen children
My family still bears the scars of the forced adoption scandal
In good faith
Why I’m bribing my daughter to get confirmed
It’s no wonder young people have ‘eco-anxiety’
Is it any wonder that children and young adults are going down with ‘eco-anxiety’ , as claimed in an opinion…
Born again
The rise of the secular godparent
The sorry state of the modern apology
I think I would like to apologise for this article in case someone who reads it takes offence. I will…
Teach first
Aswitch of personnel at the Department of Health this week has brought a welcome change in the government’s tone. No…
Baby bust
Chinese women can’t afford a large family
Britain’s mental health problem
Experts tell us that we are facing a mental health ‘time bomb’ in the UK, partly as a consequence of…
Parent trap
Welcome to the cripplingly expensive world of childcare, Boris
Not my type
Who needs role models anyway?
Left behind
Social mobility is more urgently needed than ever
Teen spirit
Schools and the problem of ‘rape culture’
Britain’s Covid baby bust is bleak news
These are lean times for hospitality and retail. But at least pubs and shops have their champions, popping up on…
In the mix
Why is it racist to wonder what skin colour your child will have?
The conservative appeal of drug gangs
According to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick, the easing of lock-down will be accompanied by a rise in crime…
Lessons learned
Anne Longfield, the Children’s Commissioner, on why schools must reopen
What has happened to parenting?
During a recent webinar with British MPs, I learned that parents in Bradford were up in arms because their children…
Custody battle
Juvenile offenders need safety, care and a proper education
No respite
What lockdown means for families with disabled children
