A father was banned from carrying his daughter on his shoulders during a shopping trip to Tesco. Martin Dunkley was confronted by a security guard when he tried to enter a branch of the store in Cambridge. The guard told the 45-year-old taxi driver to take six year-old Natalie down for health and safety reasons.
Man banned from carrying daughter on shoulders in Tesco
February 8th, 2010Gene test to be offered to couples planning children
February 8th, 2010Couples planning to have children will be able to take a test to see if they are at risk of having a baby with a genetic disease, it has been reported. The saliva test, involving samples taken from each prospective parent, would discover if either was carrying a genetic mutation which could lead to cystic fibrosis, spinal muscular atrophy or sickle cell anaemia. Couples will be able to pay £700 for the test at the Bridge Fertility Clinic in London.
Pre-school children should live as they did 25 years ago – study
February 8th, 2010Young children should live as they did a generation ago to help prevent obesity, a new study shows. Four-year-olds who ate dinner with their siblings and parents, got a lot of sleep and had their TV viewing rationed were found to have a reduced risk of becoming seriously overweight. Children who followed these routines – more in line with children 25 years ago – were almost 40 per cent less likely to be obese than those from less disciplined households. The study came as figures showed how child obesity in England rose from one in 10 to one in seven between 1995 and 2008.
Primary schoolgirls getting pregnant aged 10
February 8th, 2010Primary schoolgirls as young as 10 are getting pregnant, according to new figures released under the Freedom of Information Act. Between 2000 and 2007, a total of 15 ten year olds and 39 aged 11 fell pregnant in England and Wales. The Office for National Statistics figures come as a shock as until now the UK’s youngest known mother, from Scotland, was 11 when she conceived and 12 when she gave birth. And they could be higher still since the number of illegal abortions and miscarriages – more prevalent among very young women – are not known. Government statistics show 60 per cent of under-age pregnant girls have an abortion.
Save 40% on the Mothercare 7-in-1 trekker
February 8th, 2010Save 40% on the Mothercare 7-in-1 trekker, was: £70, now: £42! Also available in pink!
A colourful trekker that can be used in 7 different modes to grow with your baby! Read the rest of this entry »
Nipper News 117 – February 8th, 2010
February 7th, 2010Nipper News – February 8th, 2010 – Nappy brain is a myth, Mother’s instincts are right, Children happier if parents put them second, Souvenir ultrasound baby scans unsafe, Common condition in women may double stillbirth risk
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http://m.podshow.com/media/15161/episodes/212147/nippernews-212147-02-07-2010.mp3
Conception
Sperm sprint secrets ‘may lead to new contraception’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8498362.stm
Pregnancy
Depression while pregnant ‘linked to violent behaviour in children’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7156607/Depression-while-pregnant-linked-to-violent-behaviour-in-children.html
Pregnancy baby brain lapse a myth
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8491493.stm
Birth
Common condition in women may double risk of stillbirth
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7165529/Common-condition-in-women-may-double-risk-of-stillbirth.html
Genes ‘can double the risk of premature birth’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7149435/Genes-can-double-the-risk-of-premature-birth.html
Health
Children’s health is deteriorating
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7137484/Childrens-health-is-deteriorating-report-warns.html
Mother’s instinct on sick children is right
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7145397/Mothers-instinct-on-sick-children-is-right-doctors-told.html
Safety
Safety of ’souvenir’ ultrasound baby scans in question
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8493796.stm
Education
Fears over primary school pupils’ communication skills
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8498878.stm
Schools are levying more ‘holiday fines’ on parents
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8496345.stm
Money
Tax system penalises married couples, according to Care report
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/7175474/Tax-system-penalises-married-couples-according-to-Care-report.html
Events
Valentine’s Day next Sunday!
Parents will raise happier children ‘if they put them second to their marriage’
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/feb/07/parents-advised-put-children-second
Parents will raise happier children ‘if they put them second to their marriage’
February 7th, 2010http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/feb/07/parents-advised-put-children-second
Want better-adjusted, more successful children? The answer is not to cram their free hours with Kumon maths, Mandarin lessons and violin classes. Nor is it to be a “helicopter parent”, forever hovering. Devoted parents do not produce happy children, says a new book that has become a bestseller in America and is about to be published in the UK. Adults who want the best for their children should spend less time trying to be the perfect parent and more time striving to be the perfect spouse, according to David Code, author of To Raise Happy Kids, Put Your Marriage First.
Headteachers say Labour’s £1bn cuts will ‘decapitate’ schools
February 7th, 2010http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/feb/07/heads-must-make-1bn-savings
Headteachers were warned at a government-funded conference to “tighten their belts” and prepare for tough times ahead, despite a pledge by the chancellor, Alistair Darling, that education spending would be protected. Ministers want headteachers to make a total of £1bn in efficiency savings without touching frontline staff. But they were accused yesterday of trying to “decapitate” schools. At the conference, which was run by the National College for Leadership of Schools, heads were called on to consider a series of “efficiency” savings. The Department for Children, Schools and Families is also planning to produce a document with examples of how to reduce costs.
Common condition in women may double risk of stillbirth
February 6th, 2010A common medical condition that a fifth of women may have without knowing it can double the chances of stillbirth, scientists have warned. Research being presented at a conference in America found that women who had fibroids, non cancerous lumps in the womb or surrounding area, were almost twice as likely to have a stillborn child. A study examined the ultrasound results for 64,000 women and compared them with birth records. They found women who had fibroids at the time of their scan, taken between 16 and 22 weeks into their pregnancy, were 80 per cent more likely to have gone on and had a stillborn child.
Tax system penalises married couples, according to Care report
February 6th, 2010Families in which only one married parent works are being unfairly penalised by the tax system in Britain compared to those in other developed countries, according to a new report. The study by CARE, the Christian social policy charity, claims that a one-earner married couple with children whose wages are up to £33,000 pays a third more of their income to the taxman in the UK than families elsewhere in the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD). Compared with the European Union average, the difference is 18 per cent more, the report said. The 50-page study advocates the introduction of “transferable allowances” for married couples which would allow the non-working partner to transfer their tax allowance to the working partner.
Academies ‘want to teach IGCSEs’
February 6th, 2010http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8500348.stm
Academies in England are calling for the right to teach international qualifications – of the type increasingly used in private schools. The Independent Academies Association (IAA) says so-called IGCSEs and the International Baccalaureate are more difficult than traditional GCSEs. Chairman Mike Butler said all academies should be “free” to offer the qualifications where there is “demand”. The government has supported GCSEs in state schools rather than the IGCSE.
Sperm sprint secrets ‘may lead to new contraception’
February 5th, 2010http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8498362.stm
A mechanism which starts sperm swimming when they get near the egg could one day lead to new forms of male contraception, scientists have said. Tiny pores on the sperm’s surface allow it to change its internal pH, which in turn starts its tail movements. Researchers from the University of California in San Francisco said the study might also explain why marijuana makes men infertile.
Depression while pregnant ‘linked to violent behaviour in children’
February 5th, 2010Mothers who suffer from ‘baby blues’ while pregnant are four times as likely to have children who become violent teenagers, a new study shows. The link remained even if the mothers did not suffer depression after their children were born. Research has previously suggested that postnatal depression can affect a child’s subsequent behaviour. But experts from Cardiff and Bristol universities and King’s College London believe that theirs is one of the first studies to look at the effects of suffering depression before a child’s birth. Many women are depressed during their pregnancy and research by Tommy’s, the baby charity, suggests that it may even be more common before the birth of a child than after.
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