Family

It can be a drag getting Youngest to the Festivalr

Keep calm and carry on focussing on the little things

Sunshine and heat, what’s not to like?

The term ‘ageing population’ has been well worn in every policy and ­campaign ­document I’ve read related to health and social care over the past few years. In most cases the discussions around it have focused on how we can provide adequate care for an ­ever-increasing number of older ­people across the UK.

When you’re Mad Cool for it

The number of elderly Scots living alone is projected to sharply increase over the next two decades, a new report has found.

Young lives are being ruined and families destroyed as the pleas of desperate parents for mental health treatment are rejected, Dani Garavelli discovers

Youngest has to settle for a festival of football

The number of children who called a helpline because they were experiencing feelings of loneliness has risen 37 per cent in the past year, new figures show.

Jim was 56 when he saw his mother for the first time. Given into care as a baby, he was in children’s homes until he was 16, and, as was written about him, ­‘discharged’ from care to a ­subsequently failed housing ­tenancy because he had no life skills or ­maturity to maintain himself.

Around a quarter of ­Scotland’s children live in poverty. This means that about 230,000 children are growing up without the resources to ­participate in activities, have the ­living ­conditions, or obtain the type of diet that are considered the norm in 21st century Scotland.

When nice is just sick

The UK Government is choosing to ignore how cuts to policing and youth services have played a role in rising gang violence in London, writes Darren McGarvey

Why parenting can be a scarring experience

Aberdeen head teacher believes single-sex schools allow girls to escape gender stereotypes.

A recurring feature of the past decade has been shame-faced governments apologising to (and often financially compensating) parents for the forced removal of their children in the name of one abhorrent social policy or another.

When park life’s an education

The Government’s flagship benefit scheme has not delivered value for money, its roll out has been slower than intended and has caused hardship for many people, according to a damning official report.