Alex watched the money pouring in, with a mixture of awe and despair, wondering how people can give so generously to animal charities, when research which could lead to a cure for boys like Harrison fails to attract funds. ‘‘I…
Tag: children
Like there’s no tomorrow
I work for the underclass. I also work for a bunch of other people who are in the financial mire – temporarily or permanently – and from which I suspect no amount of health insurance and voluntary pension saving could…
When Do The Liberals Start Putting Their Kids In Cages For Protection Against ‘Conservatives’?
In rural Reserve, New Mexico, children wait for school buses inside boxy, wood-and-mesh structures that look like chicken coops. The “kid cages” are meant as protection from wolves. But are they even necessary? Well, maybe the parents think they are.…
Make Up Your Minds, Will You?
Public: ‘Make the authorities take all the responsibility – for the children!!’ At times, the review concluded, Daniel appeared to have been “invisible” against the backdrop of his mother’s controlling behaviour. Professionals failed to act on “what they saw in…
When ‘Inclusion’ Means ‘Takeover’…
Parents of pupils at Rose Hill Primary School, in The Oval, were angered by a letter they received from headmistress Sue Mortimer. It informed them the halal meat, which involves slaughtering animals in a special way for consumption by Muslims,…
Well, This Idea Sounds Nuts!
Campaigners are calling for the topic to be included in the national curriculum… Oh, what now? Well, would you believe, mental health? … and for schools to provide counselling and support to any young person that needs it. Around one…
Useful, If Grandma Is Ever Shot By An Ivory Poacher…
Schoolchildren as young as three are to be given lessons on how to deal with death and grief. Yes, despite the fact that actual educational achievement falls year after year, and companies are forced to run remedial classes for new…
Oh, The Hardship!
Pupils at Southend High School for Girls and Futures College, both in Southchurch Boulevard, Southend, are affected by revisions to First and Arriva services. Children are now having to get up extra early to ensure they have time to change…
Yes, Mrs Nieman, Young People Go To Ibiza For ‘Fun’, All Right…
The mother of a Croydon clubber who died in Ibiza after taking ecstasy has called for a clampdown on drug taking on the party isle. Why? Have they started ramming it down the throats of the unwilling? Today her mother,…
A Multi-Agency Strategy Meeting! That’ll Solve Everything!
Today one parent, who did not want to be named, said: “I am disgusted. I can’t believe she was allowed to live with a man who would do something like that and then come in to work with children. I…
“Down these mean streets …”
“…a lollipop lady must go who is not herself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid.” Parents are calling for the return of a popular lollipop lady who quit following threats from abusive pupils.Waving their own signs saying “Come Back Jenny” and…
The ‘Guardian’ Never Met A Statist Intrusion They Didn’t Like…
…especially if it’s for the chiiilldreeeeennnn! As the government prepares to introduce the new system, do you feel it is a positive step towards rooting out child abuse, or are you more concerned that the database will breach your and…
Good Grief! I Must Be Turning Into A Lefty!
I mean, first I agreed with Mary Dejevsky. Now I’m agreeing with Peter Wilby… The late Richard Webster, a writer who dedicated many years to campaigning for “abusers” he believed were wrongly convicted, saw analogies with medieval witch hunts. Genuine…
It’s Not Often I Agree With Mary Dejevsky….
…but she’s spot on here: Last week was half term; streets teemed with children, offices were parent-free zones, and the airwaves throbbed with indignation about Jimmy Savile, Welsh children’s homes and the stratagems deployed by high earners to keep their…
“It affects everywhere, and action is necessary everywhere.”
‘It’ being the scourge of drugs. Of course. Given the threat of drugs, you can excuse anything – even this: Ten police officers with a sniffer dog swooped on a secondary school and searched 2,000 pupilsamid drug rumours.The squad of officers,…