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April 2006

30 April 2006

Rise of over-85s living alone

New research shows that the over 85s living in private households, rather than in communal establishments, are increasingly likely to live alone. These findings, from a study by the Office for National Statistics, are published today in the Spring issue of Population Trends.

26 April 2006

The highs and lows of parenting teenagers

Parents of teenagers feel they are failing as parents according to a new report by charity Parentline Plus. The report, The highs and the lows: the challenge of parenting teenagers, sets out what must be done to break the isolation, feelings of ineffectiveness and apprehension felt by many parents of teenagers.

26 April 2006

New study of children in Ireland

A new study, the National Longitudinal Study of Children in Ireland (NLSCI), to include 18,000 children, has been launched this month. The research will be led by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and the Children's Research Centre at Trinity College Dublin (TCD). It aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of Irish children's development, and will become an element of the evidence base for policy and practice regarding children and their families.

25 April 2006

Currents in British society and politics

Mori has published a new report giving an overview of the social and political issues influencing public opinion at present. The report suggests that the positive effect of wealth on happiness is small compared the positive effect of marriage.

24 April 2006

New work on attachment theory published

Attachment theory is the subject of a new book - Attachment and the Perils of Parenting - from the National Families and Parenting Institute by Dr Helen Barrett, Senior Research Fellow. She provides a review of attachment theory from its early formulations by John Bowlby, and traces the impact of the theory's beliefs and policies about child rearing and its use in therapy.

21 April 2006

Growth in people living alone

A new briefing paper, by the New Policy Institute and the Institute for Public Policy Research, analyses the trends and issues around the increasing numbers of people living alone.

20 April 2006

New roles for mental health nurses

A major review of mental health nursing was published today by Health Minister Rosie Winterton and Chief Nursing Officer Christine Beasley. The review recommends key actions needed for nurses to be able to improve the care of people with mental health problems, for example by providing more psychological therapies and by promoting physical wellbeing.

18 April 2006

Families, incomes and jobs in Australia

On the 11 April, the University of Melbourne published Families, Incomes and Jobs: A Statistical Report of the HILDA Survey. This report provides a series of short articles summarising key findings from the first three waves of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. The report includes findings on households and family life, incomes and wealth, employment and unemployment, and well-being.

18 April 2006

Mother's education influences children's school performance

New research by the Institute of Fiscal Studies - Intergenerational Effects of Mother's Schooling on Children's Outcomes: Causal Links and Transmission Channels - by Pedro Carneiro, Costas Meghir and Matthias Parey investigates how a mother’s education affects her children’s school performance. The study suggests that increasing a mother’s education improves her child’s performance on achievement tests.

18 April 2006

The impact of domestic violence on children

A new report by the Insitute for Public Policy Research - Crime Share: the unequal impact of crime - says that exposure to violence or trauma before the age of five can alter the developing brain and that pre-school children who are exposed to domestic violence suffer similar impacts as those who have been physically abused. The research also suggests that they are at significantly higher risk of developing emotional, behavioural speech and language problems, are more likely to show aggressive and antisocial behaviour, suffer from lower self esteem and tend to do less well at school.

12 April 2006

Metropolitan Police Authority respond to domestic violence proposals

In response to the Sentencing Guidelines Councils consultation on domestic violence, Cindy Butts, deputy chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority and chair of the Authority's new Domestic Violence Board, said today: "The proposals by the Sentencing Guidelines Council that those responsible for domestic violence could potentially escape custodial sentences for their brutality is a retrograde step and the Metropolitan Police Authority's new Domestic Violence Board questions the logic and justice behind the suggestion".

11 April 2006

Consultation guidelines on domestic violence

The Sentencing Guidelines Council (SGC) has produced, and is putting out to consultation today, two draft guidelines to assist sentencers to respond to violence that takes place in a domestic setting, and to the related issue of breaches of restraining orders and non-molestation orders.

10 April 2006

The effects of cancer on family and relationships

A new report by Macmillan Cancer Support - Worried sick: the emotional impact of cancer - found that cancer patients are not getting the emotional support they need to cope with the disease. As well as high levels of depression and anxiety, cancer patients and carers reported relationship problems including divorce and separation.

10 April 2006

Survey of non-resident fathers

Parentline Plus is running a survey targeted at non-resident fathers. They would like to hear the stories of dads who live away from their children. These stories will be shared with other parents who are going through the same experience in order to help them

07 April 2006

Bigger challenges in the workplace for ethnic minority women

Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) has published early findings from its ongoing investigation into ethnic minority women at works. Amongst other findings, the EOC's investigation has shown that ethnic minority women surveyed by the EOC were three times more likely than white women to be asked at job interviews about their plans for marriage and children. Also, one in five Pakistani and Bangladeshi women, over 90% of whom are Muslim, said they had often experienced negative attitudes towards religious dress at work.

06 April 2006

New professional guidelines from Every Child Matters

Beverley Hughes, Minister for Children, Young People and Families, has announced the publication of key guidance for managers and practitioners to support the implementation of the Every Child Matters: Change for Children programme.

06 April 2006

Providing parenting assessment and family support

NCH’s Broom Hill Family Centre has begun delivering a parenting assessment service across the whole of Leeds where children are the subject of legal proceedings that will have an impact on their future care. On April 1 the project started providing parenting assessments and reports to help courts decide whether a child’s wellbeing is best served in local authority care or with their parent/carer. The project has nine years’ experience of assessing parents/carers in cases where social services has initiated legal proceedings with regard to their children.

06 April 2006

New research - Families With Children in Britain

Research published today by the Department for Work and Pensions - Findings from the 2004 Families and Children Study (FACS) -explores the characteristics and circumstances of families and children in 2004. The Families and Children Study provides information about children, their parents and families as a whole across a wide range of subjects.

05 April 2006

English adoloescents: the importance of school, family and neighbourhood

A new report from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - Health and social inequalities in English adolescents: exploring the importance of school, family and neighbourhood - investigates the influence of a range of social indicators on the health and health-related behaviour of children aged 11 to 15. It explores the relative importance of school, family and neighbourhood across a number of health indicators in order to give further understanding of how best to promote the healthy development of young people now and for the future.

04 April 2006

Launch of action plan for 10-year childcare strategy

Education Secretary Ruth Kelly and Minister for Children Beverley Hughes today marked the opening of more than 800 Sure Start Children's Centres by meeting parents and children at the First Place Children's Centre in South London.The visit comes on the same day that the Government publishes its Action Plan for the Ten Year Childcare Strategy. More than 650,000 children now have access to a Sure Start Children's Centre and the full range of support, information and services which they provide.

04 April 2006

Metropolitan Police Authority Domestic Violence Board

The first meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority's Domestic Violence Board, set up to monitor, scrutinise and support the Metropolitan police's response to domestic violence, will take place tomorrow, Wednesday 5 April. The Board aims to secure continuous improvements in the Met's response to domestic violence by sharing best practice and innovation with all the agencies, both voluntary and statutory, working in London.

02 April 2006

Sibling bullying and other abuse

A review study conducted by Dr Paul Naylor, Professor Digby Tantam and Professor Emmy van Deurzen of the University of Sheffield found that children who bully their brothers and sisters are themselves likely to have been physically abused or neglected by their parents. The research found that childhood sibling abuse is typically associated with parental child abuse, and other abusive relationships in the family. Other key causes of sibling abuse included low marital quality, divorce and remarriage.

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