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Recession-hit couples turn to 'shift-parenting' to stay afloat

The recession is changing family life, according to a major report. More people are taking second jobs, and others are turning to "shift-parenting", where one parent works in the day and the other at night to avoid childcare costs. The study, which has ...

From ANUSHKA ASTHANA, Guardian Unlimited,  21 Nov 2009

Primary schools need to make children 'media savvy'

Primary school children should be taught to understand the "language" of advertisers and spin doctors to stop them becoming too susceptible to sophisticated campaigns, it has been claimed. Steve Fuller, a professor of sociology at Warwick University, ...

From ANUSHKA ASTHANA, Guardian Unlimited,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Steve Fuller (football)

Why subtitles guarantee a good night out

Last week I paid £6.99 to watch The 40 Year Old Virgin on my Apple TV – a box through which you can rent and buy films. I wanted some light relief to help soothe a hangover but it was too bad even for that. Almost two hours later, he still hadn't had ...

From ANUSHKA ASTHANA, Comment Is Free,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Haneke,  Martin Scorsese,  Kevin Costner

Children hurt by focus on exam grades

Students collect their GCSE results at Morpeth School in Bow, East London. Photograph: David Levene Labour's drive to increase the number of pupils gaining C grades at GCSE is distorting education and forcing teachers to neglect their highest and ...

From ANUSHKA ASTHANA, Guardian Unlimited,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barry Sheerman,  Vernon Coaker

Tax fizzy drinks to cut obesity and help NHS, says doctor

Sugary soft drinks should be taxed to raise money for hospitals and to tackle obesity, a leading doctor has urged. Dr Kailash Chand, who chairs an NHS trust in the north-west, said a small charge on fattening drinks would reduce consumption while ...

From ANUSHKA ASTHANA, Guardian Unlimited,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: National Health Service

Top Anglican author converts to Rome

A bestselling author and Anglican priest has launched an outspoken attack on the Church of England and revealed that he is converting to Catholicism. GP Taylor, whose children's book Shadowmancer became an international bestseller and is being turned ...

From ANUSHKA ASTHANA, Guardian Unlimited,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Rowan Williams,  Ben Wilson

How tough love breeds smart children

Children brought up by parents practising "tough love" are likely to become more rounded personalities with well-developed characters than those who face either a more authoritarian or laissez-faire approach, research reveals today. The study, by the ...

From ANUSHKA ASTHANA, Guardian Unlimited,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jo Frost

Arts students 'see academics for just nine hours a week'

Students studying subjects such as languages, history and philosophy have access to less than nine hours a week "contact time" with lecturers or tutors, research reveals today. The study by the National Union of Students and HSBC shows huge differences ...

From ANUSHKA ASTHANA, Guardian Unlimited,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: HSBC

Payne calls for justice system overhaul

Sara Payne, whose daughter was abducted and murdered by a paedophile, will deliver a withering assessment on the government's attitude to tackling crime in her inaugural report as Gordon Brown's adviser on victims' rights. Payne, the government's first ...

From MARK TOWNSEND, ANUSHKA ASTHANA, Guardian Unlimited,  31 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Ministry of Justice

Liver damage threat from obesity

One of the country's most senior doctors has warned that obesity will overtake alcohol as the main cause of liver cirrhosis in the "not too distant future". Professor Christopher Hawkey's comments come as a new poll shows that more than five out of six ...

From ANUSHKA ASTHANA, Guardian Unlimited,  31 Oct 2009

Related Topics: National Health Service

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