When Being a Parent Means Having to Say No

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WE SHOULD heed the opinions of more than 100 writers and child experts who warn ominously about the challenges facing modern-day British children.

Our kids do have many more opportunities and ambitions and greater confidence than in previous decades. But they have to survive in a world of increasing speed, technological leaps and cultural jumps, 24-hour media, parental splits, rampant competition, increasing depression and substance abuse, and consumerism gone quite, quite mad. So do we have a choice about the kind of lives they lead?

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When Being a Parent Means Having to Say No

I have had the unusual experience of raising two children 16 years apart. My firstborn was brought up ...

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