The dismal world of David Walliams
Lazy prose, stale humour, zero imagination: his bestselling children’s books belong to the Boaty McBoatface school of fiction.
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We must do more to protect the children of YouTube
Family vloggers profit from invading their offspring’s privacy, and there is barely any regulation of what is shared online.
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The Policy Ask with Anne Longfield: “Two-child benefits limit only deepens poverty and misery”
The former children’s commissioner for England on the impact of Covid-19 on young people’s mental health, and the need for…
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Exclusive poll: childcare could swing voters at the next election
Some 42 per cent of Britons say early-years reform will impact the way they vote.
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A weekend camping included fresh air and menacing children
As we walked to a pub, a group of boys and girls emerged to yell at us – and then…
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Britain’s crumbling schools are the result of an investment crisis
Pupils return to home-education after the Department of Education deems 156 schools structurally unsafe.
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The Eton sixth form scheme misunderstands poverty
The problems in education are too deep-rooted to be solved by headline-grabbing innovations.
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The case for student salaries
Also this week: the unfairness of A-levels and ministers who say results don’t matter.
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Russia’s war on the future
Unable to defeat Ukraine on the battlefield, Vladimir Putin is targeting the next generation.
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In defence of child-free restaurants
I would never go to Giraffe, which is clearly a family-friendly space, with my friends and discuss our dating experiences.
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The best children’s books for summer 2023
Essential holiday reading, from vivid picture books to gripping wartime adventures.
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The two-child benefit cap makes the future a luxury
Labour should scrap the welfare limit as a first step to a more family-friendly tax system.
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Why is Keir Starmer backing the two-child benefit cap?
The Labour leader is supporting a policy that he previously declared should be scrapped.
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I turn 60 and my children tease me – until they are reminded that they, too, are ageing
I may have a grey beard, but the wingèd chariot dawdles no more for them than it does for me.
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Why adults should put their phones away
Also this week: nourishing our children and the social media con.
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The long-term impact of school closures on children is lockdown’s unspoken horror
Teachers reported children starting school while still in nappies and lacking basic language skills.
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The deadly cost of nimbyism
How many children’s lives are their unearned capital gains worth?
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How did parenthood become an unaffordable luxury?
Money alone won’t fix the childcare crisis. Rethinking work and family might.
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Skinny jeans, plastics, stress: what’s behind the decline in male fertility?
Why scientists are increasingly concerned about sperm.
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Employers must stop penalising women for having children
Why extending redundancy protections for expectant mothers and new parents is long overdue.
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