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Editorial: School food standards are only the beginning

31 May 2006, Children Now

What food children eat and its quality has long concerned children's professionals. For instance, Children Now's very first issue, in January 2004, contained a feature that profiled projects already working...

Opinion: Soapbox - Teaching abstinence is the way forward

31 May 2006, Children Now

The question: "Should the state fund classes teaching sexual abstinence?" is loaded with an implication that teaching abstinence is somehow suspect, or at least out of the ordinary (Children Now,...

Opinion: If we were in charge of Hartlepool - Laura Tarran, 16, and Jonathan Simpson, 16

31 May 2006, Children Now

If we were in charge of Hartlepool we'd give everybody the opportunity they need to succeed and live their lives to the full. We'd have better transport prices for young...

Opinion: Debate - Will children benefit if parents are told their BMI?

31 May 2006, Children Now

School height and weight checks were originally intended to track progress on reducing childhood obesity. However, the Government now wants to tell parents the results, despite initially rejecting the idea...

Letter: Male domestic violence victims

31 May 2006, Children Now

It was disheartening to read Elizabeth Hall's review of a domestic violence book (Children Now, 17-23 May).

Letter: Criminal records checks

31 May 2006, Children Now

NCH is pleased with the improved services provided by the disclosure agencies but we remain concerned by the continuing errors and the cost of these important checks through the Criminal...

Interview: School food revolutionary - Judy Hargadon, chief executive, School Food Trust

31 May 2006, Children Now

Pupils will no longer have to rely on Turkey Twizzlers for their brain food following healthy school food standards published last week.

Analysis: Care proceedings - Clarity and speed to be improved

31 May 2006, Children Now

The Government has revealed plans to overhaul the proceedings for taking children into care with the aim of cutting delays and making them clearer to families involved. But while action...

Analysis: Play schemes - Call for flexibility on qualifications

31 May 2006, Children Now

The Government's national standards require childcare and play schemes to abide by set requirements for staff qualifications, but smaller schemes say it is unfair to expect them to follow the...

Health News: Midwife units - Closure threat blow to mothers' choice

31 May 2006, Children Now

Threats to close England's third largest midwife unit have increased fears that mothers won't be able to choose how and where they have their babies.