Pyethon's Blog

CHILD WELFARE:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-21/we-should-stop-outsourcing-and-cook-together/8768212

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/03/20/poor-children-britain-now-fatter-wealthy-dramatic-reversal/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sugar-tax-obesity-junk-food-government-move-criticised-feeble-a7196261.html

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/child-obesity-action-plan-is-too-feeble-ljvnl5c7f

https://www.euronews.com/2019/04/24/children-and-screens-who-tells-parents-to-ban-use-for-babies-and-limit-it-for-toddlers

“… a sledgehammer to miss a nut.”?

http://www.cityam.com/274781/junk-food-ads-set-banned-tv-and-online-before-9pm-watershed

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/teach-pupils-how-to-be-healthy-parents-say-experts-gfznx6dj8

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/01/10/australias-akubra-hat-girl-kills-herself-after-online-bullying-family-says.html

MOLLYCODDLED:

https:www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2286954/Mollycoddled-children-unable-cope-adulthood-says-avid-amerons-guru-parenting.html

https:www.theguardian.com./commentisfree/2015/oct/18/real-risk-to-kids-play-mollycoddling

NOT SO CODDLED:

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/09/23/indonesian-teenager-survives-49-days-adrift-in-guam-waters.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-45623130

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43603080

https://www.inc.com/thomas-koulopoulos/why-are-early-facebook-google-employees-rallying-to-protect-kids-from-social-media.html

http://news.sky.com/story/culture-minister-backs-time-limits-for-children-using-social-media-11283349

“society would be better off if people cut the amount of social media use.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43781281

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/frankie-bennys-bans-mobile-phones-13656822

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/whatsapp-putting-minimum-age-limit-14576063

https://www.norden.org/en/news/no-evidence-social-media-are-harmful-young-people

INNOCENCE IN DANGER:

“… but most of all we should aslo consider the responsibility of parents, …”

https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik/rnd/wegen-pornografie-regierungsberaterin-fordert-smartphone-verbot-fuer-kinder-32043520

This site is in German.

“… if you don’t want your children to become aggressive or violent, keep them away from violent media, …”

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-baby-scientist/201801/violent-m%C3%A9dia-and-aggressive-behavior-in-children

SMART PHONES BANNED:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/06/24/secondary-schools-introducing-strict-new-bans-mobile-phones/

SPOILT BRATS:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/science/article-5338951/Alexa-generation-spoilt-brats-created.html

KNOCK-KNOCK – Who’s there?
Isabel – Isabel who? – Isabel on a bike?!

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-25/amazon-aims-to-boost-echo-sales-by-targeting-bored-children

GAMING:

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1323441/food-health

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2866310/

CHILDREN SHOULDN’T BE USED AS A MARKETING PLOY

https://news.sky.com/story/lidl-to-remove-cartoon-characters-from-its-cereal-boxes-to-cut-childhood-obesity-11900586

https://www.holyrood.com/articles/news/mortality-rates-among-children-care-%E2%80%98hidden%E2%80%99-finds-report

“Care Experienced”

We consider you to be care experienced if you have been looked after by a local authority at any time in your life.

https://www.ed.ac.uk/student-recruitment/widening-participation/projects/care-experienced

BOOKS HAVE BECOME OLD-FASHIONED:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/02/children-swiping-books-attempt-turn-pages-raised-tablets-phones/

CHILDREN SHOULD BE SEEN AND NOT HEARD:

This old-fashioned saying has sadly become reallity.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6901521/millions-of-kids-have-not-been-taught-how-to-talk-before-they-start-school/