News & Links
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
Brown needs grassroots help on aid
Monday 05. of May 2008By: The Guardian
So what went wrong? How could it be that all those high hopes were dashed? What happened to that hunger for change? Don't worry, this is not another post-mortem examination of Labour's dismal showing in the local government...
‘Technology for toddlers’ scheme risks creating a screen-addict generation
Saturday 03. of May 2008By: The Times
Targets for “toddler technology” skills laid down by the Government, which will require children to master basic computer skills by the age of 4 and understand how to use a television remote control, pose serious risks to child...
Children Who Bully Also Have Problems With Other Relationships
Thursday 01. of May 2008By: Science Daily
Students who bully others tend to have difficulties with other relationships, such as those with friends and parents. Targeting those relationships, as well as the problems children who bully have with aggression and morality,...
Baby sleep 'link' to weight risk
Wednesday 30. of April 2008By: BBC News
Lack of sleep and regular TV viewing increases the risk of babies and toddlers becoming overweight, a US study says.
Board discusses colours advice
Wednesday 30. of April 2008By: Food Standards Agency
The Food Standards Agency Board, at its April open meeting, discussed the possible effects of certain food colours on children's behaviour and agreed advice to Ministers to help inform the UK's negotiating position in Europe on...
Close ties between parents and babies yield benefits for preschoolers
Sunday 27. of April 2008By: Society for Research in Child Development
Having close ties with parents is obviously good for preschoolers, but what does that really mean? It means that the preschoolers are better able to control their own behavior by showing patience, deliberation, restraint, and...
A Randomized Trial of the Effects of Reducing Television Viewing and Computer Use on Body Mass Index in Young Children
Sunday 27. of April 2008By: Journal of the American Medical Association
Children were randomized to an intervention to reduce their television viewing and computer use by 50% vs a monitoring control group that did not reduce television viewing or computer use.