The Observer | UK News | Fresh blow to Reid as violent crime rises
His cabinet colleague Hilary Armstrong will also announce proposals to target babies and toddlers under two in the war on antisocial behaviour, identifying children in problem families who could grow up to get into trouble.
Read on.
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. As is mentioned later in the article, health visitors are already a touch overstretched, but somehow they are now supposed to
identify parents who are not coping or whose older children’s behaviour raises concern and direct them to parenting classes, social services intervention or help with drink and drug problems. Research suggests that preschool development is crucial to children’s later life chances.
Health visitors in this area are horrendously overstretched. They don’t do routine visits any more – they send out questionnaires for you to fill in and send back if you want to raise any concerns. Have to say that once I raised a concern with Small’s speech, they were fabulous, but I’m going to be really surprised if families are going to raise concerns that they feel their parenting isn’t good enough, or that their less than two year old is going to be a yob when they grow up.
Or am I missing something? Again?
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2 responses to “The Observer | UK News | Fresh blow to Reid as violent crime rises”
that’s madness! My 1yo is a handful, and my 2 yo’s have all been, but they are pretty fab kids on the whole. I’m sure my parenting could do with a little tweeking, but…
I don’t even know if I can look at my somewhat troublesome 9yo and tell what the future holds for him! He is mostly gorgeous, but what child, in truth, does not have some ‘difficult behaviours’ – especially when they are 2! Craziness!!
No, I agree here Jax.
and on other political agreements, had my MP write back a good individualised letter about the legislative reform bill thingy from way back when.