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
Pupils need to spend less time on computers and 'do more art and craft to improve brainpower'
Saturday 12. of July 2008By: The Daily Mail
The decline of traditional art and craft skills is threatening children's intellectual development, a report claims today.
‘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...
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.
Video games ratings face overhaul
Thursday 27. of March 2008By: BBC News
Video game ratings need to be overhauled to make them easier for parents and children to understand, a UK government-backed review has said.
The Byron report: key points
Thursday 27. of March 2008By: The Guardian
See link to report on our home page!
Key points from the executive summary.
Putting the Byron report into practice
Thursday 27. of March 2008By: The Guardian
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Little of what Tanya Byron outlines in her report on child safety in the digital age could not be put into practice. In fact most of it - parental control software, age ratings for games,...
Cutting TV time makes children healthier, says US study
Tuesday 04. of March 2008By: The Guardian
Stopping children from watching TV really does make them healthier and less fat, according to one of the few studies to observe the effects of intervening directly in their watching habits.