Opinion: Quotes of the week

18 September 2007

"We have witnessed the rise of the concrete child, who sees life through a TV or computer screen" - Dr Aric Sigman, an associate fellow of the British Psychological Society, bemoans children's lack of access to the countryside

- "One of the more alarming aspects of recent times is a growing disconnection of young people from the land". - Prince Charles expresses concern about young people's ignorance about food and how it is produced

- "Baptism should be a matter for the parents". - Fiona Hall, Lib Dem MEP for the North East of England, reacts to a Catholic school in Durham refusing to take a pupil because he hasn't been baptised.

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