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Community and Family

19 Feb 2009

The challenge of growing up

Growing up does not always come with age, says Giles Fraser. Many people are little more than moral babies, well into their 30s and 40s. Real growing up is a moral business, concerned with overcoming infantile self-obsession.
19 Feb 2009

US church leaders welcome children's health insurance victory

Religious leaders in the USA are celebrating President Obama's signing of legislation to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Programme (SCHIP) which will lift thousands out of poverty.
13 Feb 2009

India, Valentine's Day and gender violence

For most of Indian history, those Hindus who have perpetrated violence against women have got away with it, says Wendy Doniger. It's time for this to stop.
10 Feb 2009

Autism and aspergers highlighted by service and parliamentary motion

Hundreds of people attended a special service to mark Autism Sunday 2009 - the International Day of Prayer for Autism and Asperger's Syndrome on 8 February. Cheryl Gillan MP is introducing an Autism Bill in parliament.
6 Feb 2009

Debate continues as landmark childhood book is published

The debate about Britain's children and the impact of individualism and consumerism is continuing, following the publication in book form of the report A Good Childhood, commissioned by The Children’s Society.
5 Feb 2009

Housing justice calls for councils to be enabled to build more homes

Housing Justice, the churches housing campaign, is encouraging UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown to move quickly to allow local councils to build more homes to meet urgent needs.
4 Feb 2009

UK churches urged to take part in Autism Sunday

Cathedrals, Churches and religious groups in Britain and across the world have been urged to support over 60 million people with autism and Asperger's Syndrome on 8 February 2009.
4 Feb 2009

We all have to change for society's sake, says archbishop

Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams says that the Children's Society's headline-making new report "is telling us that adults have to change if children are to be better cared for."
4 Feb 2009

Families need long-term support, says charity chief

Bob Reitemeier, chief executive of the Children's Society, which has launched the results of a two-year inquiry into childhood, says that a long-term commitment to supporting families is needed.
2 Feb 2009

A selfish society is causing problems for children, says major report

Many children in Britain are growing up in a much more secure and affluent environment, but this is being undone by a culture of selfishness, says a major report from the Church of England Children's Society.

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