News
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
Hundreds of playground schemes mothballed
Wednesday 11. of August 2010By: Hannah Richardson
Hundreds of community playground schemes in England are being axed or scaled back because of government cuts.
The Moral Life of Babies
Wednesday 11. of August 2010By: Paul Bloom
Not long ago, a team of researchers watched a 1-year-old boy take justice into his own hands.
Children think hopscotch is a drink
Monday 09. of August 2010By: Telegraph
Modern children have ditched traditional outdoor games in favour of hi-tech gadgets, according to a new study.
Babies don't suffer when mothers return to work, study reveals
Sunday 01. of August 2010By: # Tracy McVeigh and Anushka Asthana
• Findings overturn earlier research on working mothers
• Gains of being in employment outweigh disadvantages
Born too late: age ruins GCSE results for 10,000 pupils a year
Thursday 29. of July 2010By: Jessica Shepherd
Department for Education research shows August-born children do consistently worse than older classmates
Traditional games such as conkers and hopscotch 'dying out', study claims
Wednesday 28. of July 2010By: Daily Telegraph
A survey of approximately 4,000 parents found old-school playtime activities such as skipping were losing their appeal among today's youngsters.
Early start means that many children fall at the first fence
Tuesday 06. of July 2010By: Sue Palmer
British children have always started school at five, earlier than other European countries, where the starting age is six or seven. But that first "reception" year used to be a settling-in time, when children learnt – as their...