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You can't define an entire generation

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 31, 2009
    • | CYP Now
In current political debates, academic literature and media coverage, there is a risk of becoming convinced that young people are characterised by under-achievement, teenage pregnancy, mental ill-health, criminality, homelessness and substance misuse.

The key to Ofsted's rehabilitation

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 31, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Ofsted has attracted its share of flak in recent months, much of it justified. The verdict of its Annual Performance Assessment of Haringey Council in late 2007 as "good" is now notorious.

Too much, too young for teen parents

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, April 1, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Too much has already been written about Alfie Patten. When the story of the "boy dad" broke, it quickly became The Sun's most popular online article ever. It recorded 3.9 million unique visitors in just one day - more than double the previous high of 1.6 million.

Editorial: Role models' foolishness is a sobering thought

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 26, 2008
    • | CYP Now
Alcohol is big news at the moment. Barely a day goes by without a national newspaper or radio phone-in devoting ample coverage to pore over the state of "Binge Britain", with the focus frequently on young people's excessive drinking.

There is funding beyond Whitehall

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 3, 2009
    • | CYP Now
There's no doubting that the 201.7m the government is investing in youth facilities will create some fantastic venues for young people over the next few years.

Policy into practice - Financial education

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 10, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The issue: As more families feel the effects of the recession, the impact on children is starting to show. Recent research carried out by the Personal Finance Education Group (PFEG) into the effects of the credit crunch on family life has shown that 70 per cent of parents believe money has become a more regular topic of conversation in the home over the past 12 months.

Expect confusion from an unclear admissions code

    Opinion
  • Monday, June 13, 2011
    • | CYP Now
When I worked in local authorities, many parents were - rightly - concerned about whether the school their children attended was any good. And just about every parent became passionate about getting their children into the school they wanted.

Tough measures can be the most supportive

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 10, 2009
    • | CYP Now
CYP Now's coverage on a century of youth justice at the end of last year (4-10 December 2008) made me wonder how present-day youth policies will be interpreted in the future.

Tory policy still needs some improvements

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 30, 2008
    • | CYP Now
There is a very real prospect that the next government will be a Conservative one. So it's encouraging that apart from the small matter of a global economic crisis, issues affecting children, young people and families took centre stage at the party's annual conference this week.

A moving parting gift from young offenders

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 21, 2008
    • | CYP Now
As my board membership of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) was coming to an end last month, I paid a final visit to Her Majesty's Young Offender Institution Parc, near Bridgend.

What we need is a trusting society, Darling

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 21, 2008
    • | CYP Now
"What I want to avoid is getting ourselves in a position governments have done in the past where you face an immediate problem and cut back on things the country will need in the future," Chancellor Alistair Darling said last weekend.

We must fight for young people's future

    Opinion
  • Monday, January 24, 2011
    • | CYP Now
The political debate is dominated by the economy. But while the battle rages in Westminster about whether the financial cuts are necessary or proportionate, there is general agreement that they have had a severe impact on young people, women and children.

Editorial: Immigrant children remain children first

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, July 1, 2008
    • | CYP Now
Children's rights campaigners won an important breakthrough last week with the decision that immigration officers will be subject to the same duty to ensure children's safety as other agencies (see p9). The requirement relates to Section 11 of the Children Act 2004, which is the duty to make arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. This duty, which will apply to all staff employed at the UK Border Agency (UKBA), will be incorporated in the forthcoming Immigration Bill.

Surviving on the inside

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 12, 2010
    • | CYP Now
I smiled at the recent finding by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons that a significant number of prisoners declare themselves to be Muslims because that way they get better food.

Laws can cement Labour's legacy for children

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, July 8, 2008
    • | CYP Now
Children's Secretary Ed Balls characterises the effective working of children's trusts at local level as one of the key tasks of his second year in post, in our exclusive interview this week (see p16).

Shhh... Every Child Matters lives on

    Opinion
  • Monday, August 9, 2010
    • | CYP Now
Watch out, the language police are about. An internal Department for Education memo lists 30 terms the government wants consigned to history, and the words that should be used in their place. Many relate directly to children's services.

Why is our response to Neets so inadequate?

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, July 29, 2008
    • | CYP Now
The revelation by the London School of Economics that there could be double the recorded number of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) should be no surprise. What is a surprise is that no one is yet making a connection between such "inactivity" and "activity" in informal economic and illegal domains including, probably, violent crime.

Welfare officers provide vital defence

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 6, 2010
    • | CYP Now
Education welfare officers (who go by the glorious acronym of EWOs) provide a lifeline to vulnerable schoolchildren, and there are calls this week for their contribution to be properly recognised.

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