Your granny should know

Article Abstract:

Parent-Link, which aims to support parents seeking new approaches to dealing with family life, has widened its role by setting up grandparenting courses. In doing so, it acknowledges that grandparents can often find their role difficult. They wish to offer supportive advice, but are generally aware of the dangers of becoming too involved with the family life of their children. The grandparenting courses assist grandparents in accepting that the needs of children and parents in modern society are very different from those which dominated in their generation.

Training, Grandparents

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Please Miss, don't shout

Article Abstract:

Royal School, Windsor, introduced in early 1996 a Quiet Policy, requiring staff and children to speak quietly without shouting, which has created an ambience of calm in the school. The policy only applies inside the school buildings, but the lack of noise has spread out of doors too. According to Peter Brock, the headmaster, the atmosphere is more conducive to listening, and this is becoming more and more obvious. According to a nine-year-old pupil, Ceri Griffith-Swain, the quietness makes it easier to work, and children are less often in trouble.

United Kingdom, Laws, regulations and rules, Education, Schools, Noise control

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Popcorn, pizza, pyjamas... it's pandemonium

Article Abstract:

Sleepovers are becoming popular in the UK as a form of entertainment for chidren. According to the editor of a pre-teen periodical, 'Girl Talk', Gill Smith, girls see sleepovers as an opportunity to get close to their friends. Francis McGlone, family researcher, sees sleepovers as a natural progression, as children's school friends live further away as catchment areas expand. Some parents report the disastrous nights suffered when permitting a sleepover at their homes.

Social aspects, Children, Recreation, Childhood friendship

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