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All the information that I place on the Alliance website is there to make it available for advocates of children’s wellbeing, so they are easily able to access any information they may need. If you use this service, it would be helpful if you acknowledged the Alliance for Childhood website as your source. We would also welcome any additional information, news items or research. This is the news that came in during the last 6 months. Any older items are in the archive.
Christopher Clouder


Students only have '10-minute attention span'

Wednesday 01. of December 2010

By: Hannah Richardson

University students have average attention spans of just 10 minutes and many miss lectures because of the need for part-time jobs, research suggests.

Home education and the children, schools and families bill

Monday 01. of November 2010

By: Oliver James et al

We believe that schedule 1 of the children, schools and families bill represents an unacceptable imposition of state control over families. Although it is aimed at children educated outside the school system, it has implications...

Written Ministerial Statement on Television Product Placement

Thursday 02. of September 2010

By: Ben Bradshaw

The Government’s plans for product placement on television.

Growing up should be child’s play, not a race to adulthood

Monday 02. of August 2010

By: Colette Douglas-Home

‘Is there something wrong with me?” the writer asked. “I’ve never had a boyfriend and I am 12 years old.” I was reading a magazine problem page.

Arnie terminates textbooks to offer an electronic education

Monday 02. of August 2010

By: Mark Prigg

For schoolchildren it could mean the end of lugging heavy books to school every day, while for parents and schools it could mean big savings.

Kids' heavy use of technology undermines learning

Sunday 02. of May 2010

By: Mike Zwaagstra

BlackBerrys, iPods, texting, high-definition TV, Kindle book readers and MP3 players. All of these were virtually unheard of just a few short years ago and now they are commonplace. It shows just how quickly technology changes...

Product placement's threat to children

Saturday 01. of May 2010

By: Aric Sigman

Childhood is already commercialised – plans to allow product placement on UK TV pose a further threat to children's health

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