Australian child migrants: In their words
Honoria Goldberg Born 1946 in Glasgow, Honoria Goldberg was sent to St Joseph’s in Australia when she was eight. She recalls being so starved that "add my back teeth got pulled out. There was nothing...
View ArticleCrossReach welcomes new government fund
Scotland’s largest voluntary social care organisation has welcomed a new multi-million-pound Scottish Government fund to help improve the lives of the nation’s most vulnerable children. Reverend Syd...
View ArticleA six-year-old girl writes a letter to God. And the Archbishop of Canterbury...
There’s a charming article in today’s Times by Alex Renton, a non-believer who sends his six-year-old daughter Lulu to a Scottish church primary school, writes Damian Thompson. Her teachers asked her...
View ArticleShould adults be banned from smacking children?
Children’s charities are calling for a ban on adults smacking youngsters in Scotland. The group Children are Unbeatable is campaigning for young people to be protected under new laws. It has spoken out...
View ArticleIt’s OK for parents to smack children – GP
A Highland GP and church minister who leads the Scottish Christian Party has advocated smacking unruly youngsters – and attacked a new campaign to ban it. The Rev Dr Donald Boyd said it was “curtailing...
View ArticleProtesters claim children's books will 'promote gay marriage'
Campaigners against same-sex marriage plan to carry banners showing the covers of children’s books at a protest on Thursday. The Scotland for Marriage group expects around 100 people to join the...
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MSP praises Pope on supporting breastfeeding
A motion has been put before the Scottish parliament congratulating Pope Francis on encouraging breastfeeding. The motion was brought by Elaine Smith, the MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston. “That the...
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New poll reveals No.10’s online safety filters actually leave many children...
The Government’s current approach to child internet safety is fundamentally flawed because it relies on an email system of notification to parents after a computer’s filters have already been disabled...
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Former church leader: children’s guardian plan is ‘a snooper’s charter’
Controversial plans to appoint a specific guardian for every child have been branded a “snooper’s charter” by a former church leader. The Rev Dr John Ross, a former moderator of the Free Church of...
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Hidden £30m cost of SNP’s state guardian law
The SNP’s controversial state guardian law has a hidden cost of £30 million, according to the Scottish Daily Mail. Under a Bill passed at Holyrood last month, the NHS would appoint a health worker to...
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