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- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Teenager crowned UK's first transgender prom queen
She was voted by her fellow pupils.
- StyleAlice Sholl
Mum explains why 100% attendance isn't something to celebrate in inspirational post
"Can you imagine a workplace that at the end of each week marked out all the people who hadn't been sick?"
- StyleLauren Sharkey
One school has been criticised for proposing a gender-neutral uniform
Former students and teachers have called the decision "disturbing".
- StyleLauren Sharkey
School causes outrage after using bizarre technique to measure girls' skirts
One parent labelled the policy as "highly inappropriate."
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Should parents be allowed to drink alcohol at sports day?
Completely unacceptable or totally necessary?
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Period shame is causing girls to skip PE and that needs to change
Almost half of all women have used their period as an excuse to skip PE.
- StyleJessica Ankomah
Little boy's apology to his 'girlfriend' teaches valuable life lesson
Zowiie Williams, mother of six-year-old school boy Callum, wasn’t happy when she learned her son has been disrespectful to a girl in his class. When he did, he used inappropriate language towards the little girl, Williams told Metro. “When your son hurts a girl’s feelings, it’s our job as parents to make him understand how saying things out of anger [and] upset can make other feel,” Williams wrote on Facebook.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
School is accused of 'sexism' after asking parents to measure girls' skirt lengths
Should schools be policing girls' skirts?
- StyleNisean Lorde
School under fire after female students asked to 'show beautiful cleavage' at graduation
The university in Belgium did add that cleavage wasn't "compulsory".
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Exam boards say GCSEs and A-levels can be rearranged following Manchester attack
In light of the Manchester attack exam boards have said schools in Greater Manchester can rearrange GCSEs and A-levels
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Should all schools adopt a gender-neutral uniform policy?
A LGBT charity has revealed that 120 schools in the UK have introduced a gender-neutral uniform policy.
- StyleElise Solé
Barron Trump to attend a 'diverse' Maryland school
The 11-year-old's new school sounds pretty posh.
- StyleLauren Sharkey
"It's draconian": School under fire for telling children to walk with their hands behind their backs
The strange policy is supposed to encourage good behaviour.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Here's why the NHS wants parents to stop using nicknames for their children's privates
An NHS Trust has advised parents to ditch the nicknames they adopt to describe private parts to children.
- StyleJessica Ankomah
This Louboutin prom proposal is tearing the Internet apart
Lost are the days when inviting a date to prom was as simple as passing a note that read “Will you go to prom with me?”
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Children at nursery school could soon be taught about same-sex relationships and transgender issues
As well as learning their ABCs children at nursery school could soon be taught about same-sex relationships and transgender lifestyles. That’s if teachers have their way.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Why today's ruling on school holidays means I won't be taking my kids on a term-time break
The Supreme Court ruled today that parents who take their children out of school for term-time holidays can be fined and prosecuted. But will parents continue to flout the rules?
StyleLauren Sharkey11 things we know about Prince George's new school
From just how much it costs to its famous former pupils, find out everything there is to know about the little royal's first school: Thomas's in Battersea.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
School backs down after asking pupils to remove their hair braids
As if we needed a reminder of the power of social media, a school in Australia has done a u-turn after asking twins girls of South Sudanese descent to remove their hair braids because they did not represent the school. The story first broke last week when 16-year-old Grace and Tahbisa were pulled from their class at Bentleigh Secondary school, Melbourne and asked to remove their braids.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
School appoints two head boys because no girl was up to the job (apparently!)
ICYMI its International Women’s Day today! A day where we celebrate the achievements of brilliant girls and women and get our voices heard in the strive for equality. As reported by the Daily Mail, the principal of the co-educational public school as defended her decision claiming it was based on “merit, not gender.” But Chris Sutherland, CEO of Gender Equity says that argument could be flawed.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Is four too young for children to be taught about sex?
It was World Book Day this week. The day when Facebook feeds are filled with snaps of primary school children dressed up as cute characters from their favourite tomes. For under new plans announced by the Government this week, children as young as four will be taught about sex education.
StyleAlice Sholl14 DIY World Book Day costume ideas for kids
It’s World Book Day, and that means only one thing – you’d better have a costume already prepared, or it’s time to crack out the scissors and glue. Making a costume needn’t involve four hours of papier mâché, though – here are a few clever DIY ideas that the kids will love to get you started. Did you know it’s possible to get pregnant while you’re already pregnant? 10-year-old teaches important lesson about trans people with sig
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Why this parenting expert has banned his children from doing homework
Parenting expert, Justin Coulson, has written a blog explaining why he doesn’t believe homework is necessarily beneficial and why he won’t be letting his six daughters spend time doing it. Dr Coulson said that while most parents ‘endorse’ homework, few enjoy it and many teachers are not ‘fond of the extra work’ either. “Surprising to many parents (and teachers) is the growing body of evidence that indicates that homework for primary school-aged children is not helpful and may actually have a negative impact on their learning outcomes,” he wrote.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Should teachers have the right to police what goes in children's lunch boxes?
Should teachers be able to police what goes in children’s packed lunch? When it comes to making children a pack lunch, most parents are full of healthy good intentions. Well, not necessarily because it seems some schools and nurseries are actually monitoring the healthy-levels of children’s packed lunches and sending notes home to parents who don’t meet strict nutritional standards.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Would you allow your children to have a duvet day?
When you’re a grown-up you’re totally within your rights to take some time off work, even if that might mean spinning the odd little white lie to your boss, but what about children? What do children do when they’re feeling a little meh. Taking to the Scary Mommy website, the parenting blogger admitted that if one of her children is showing reluctance about going to school, she will allow them to stay off and have a relaxed day at home.
