It was stimulated by paediatrician Russell Viner's suggestion that there is a dangerous mismatch between the legal view of teenagers and the way they are in reality.
"Just as childhood (climbing trees, riding bikes) is disappearing," says Blacker, "adolescence (snogging, fighting, getting drunk) is expanding."
The time has come, he says, for young people to assume roles and responsibilities appropriate to their true biological age. Give that writer an accredited outcome.
The Times says worried parents are buying body armour for their children. It's the latest PR success by a firm selling body armour.
VestGuard UK's sales director Shaun Ward says he has received more than 100 calls from parents over the past few weeks. It's a similar claim to one he made to the Essex Evening Gazette after the 9/11 terror attacks.
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