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Outstanding challenge for Ofsted

    Opinion
  • Monday, February 1, 2010
    • | CYP Now
Ofsted-bashing has been on the rise for several months. Cries of exasperation over the way the children's services inspectorate goes about its business have come in fits and starts from all quarters.

Outreach work is key to Sure Start

    Opinion
  • Monday, January 18, 2010
    • | CYP Now
It is becoming pretty clear that Sure Start will be a key election issue. For months, Labour has claimed that a Conservative government would decimate the service it has created, an accusation consistently denied by the Tories.

Cannabis row leaves us all in a blur

    Opinion
  • Friday, November 27, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Back at the end of October, Professor David Nutt, chair of the government's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), was sacked after criticising policy on cannabis classification.

Policy into practice - Body image

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, November 24, 2009
    • | CYP Now
THE ISSUE: Teenagers these days face great pressure to look "sexy" and have the right image. This is driven partly by a celebrity culture in which airbrushing and plastic surgery have become increasingly the norm.

It's time to respect children's rights

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, November 17, 2009
    • | CYP Now
You wait ages for one 20th anniversary, then three come along at once. We've just marked the fall of the Berlin Wall and the 1989 Children Act. And this week it is 20 years since the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child came into existence.

Policy advisers should not be silenced

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, November 10, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Home Secretary Alan Johnson's dismissal of David Nutt, chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, is by no means the first time ministers have hidden behind the spurious distinction between advice and policy.

Policy into practice: E. coli

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 20, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The issue: The recent outbreak of E. coli at a farm in Surrey has raised attention once again around the importance of safety and hygiene for children and young people.

Cut traffic speed to make cycling safer

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 6, 2009
    • | CYP Now
When I was about 10 a car came around the corner of a quiet country lane and knocked me flying off my bicycle. Fortunately, I went into the hedge and the bike went into the middle of the road.

Cuts could enhance joint working

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 6, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The party conference season is over and national politics is destined for a surreal few months in the run-up to the general election. Expect plenty more short-term children's policy announcements - some even eye- catching - as the main parties try to outmanoeuvre each other to strike a popular chord. Politics in Westminster will become increasingly sensationalised and polarised.

Policy into practice - School meals

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 15, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The issue: Research has found that 1.2 million children start the day by eating junk food or smoking a cigarette instead of a proper breakfast.

Policy into practice - Infant health

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 8, 2009
    • | CYP Now
THE ISSUE: Being a new parent can be tough. Making sense of all the advice and information from relatives, magazines and experts to work out what is best for your baby can be an exhausting challenge.

Booze Asbos won't change behaviour

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 8, 2009
    • | CYP Now
So many policy issues and concerns have crystallised around the new Drinking Banning Orders, which came into force on the last day of August, that it is difficult to know where to start. And the ensuing disquiet from many quarters is not just pertinent to these "booze Asbos" or "alcobos" (alcohol banning orders) as I prefer to call them.

The joys of sex should be explained

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, June 30, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Earlier this year, the government confirmed its intention to make sex education compulsory in schools as part of the introduction of personal, social and health education to the National Curriculum.

The next commissioner needs bite

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, June 16, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The Department for Children, Schools and Families has fired the starting gun to recruit a children's commissioner for England to succeed Sir Al Aynsley-Green early next year.

Policy into practice - Swimming

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, June 16, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The issue: Swimming is an ever-popular sporting activity with children and young people, particularly during the school holidays and summer months. As well as getting active and healthy it can also be a great way to have fun with friends.

Policy into practice - Postnatal depression

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, May 12, 2009
    • | CYP Now
THE ISSUE: More than 70,000 women annually are diagnosed with postnatal depression in the UK. This means that one in 10 new mothers suffer with symptoms ranging from mild depression to suicidal thoughts.

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