Nipper News Nipper News 90 - June 1st, 2009 - Men are the 'weaker sex', Child diabetes

Nipper News 90 - June 1st, 2009 - Men are the ‘weaker sex’, Child diabetes cases ‘to double’, Boys develop closer bonds with Bob the Builder than with their parents, Mother is in court over school place, Parents may lose out on tax break, Music ‘nurtures’ premature babies, Natural birth classes are questioned, Baby measles immune boost call, Many autism cases are ‘undiagnosed’, Parents are happy for their children to have mobiles, Complicated car seats ‘put children at risk’, Councils will build new playgrounds, Parents priced out of private schools ‘move near good comprehensives instead’, Boys outperform girls in science in Britain, Fewer taking history GCSE as pupils abandon traditional subjects, School holidays ‘cut commute time’, It's Children's Day (1 June)

Birth

Men are the ‘weaker sex’ says study of births
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5392551/Men-are-the-weaker-sex-says-study-of-births.html

Music ‘nurtures’ premature babies
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8068749.stm

Natural birth classes questioned
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8068889.stm

Health

Baby measles immune boost call
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8074377.stm

Many autism cases ‘undiagnosed’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8072127.stm

Child diabetes cases ‘to double’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8068941.stm

Safety

Parents happy for children to have mobiles
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/consumer_goods/article6382705.ece

Complicated car seats ‘putting children at risk’
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2009/may/27/car-seats-children-consumer-affairs

Welfare

Councils to abandon ‘cotton wool culture’ and build new playgrounds
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5390664/Councils-to-abandon-cotton-wool-culture-and-build-new-playgrounds.html

Boys develop closer bonds with Bob the Builder than with parents
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/5383131/Boys-develop-closer-bonds-with-Bob-the-Builder-than-with-parents.html

Education

Mother in court over school place
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8071628.stm

Parents priced out of private schools ‘moving near good comprehensives instead’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/5382501/Parents-priced-out-of-private-schools-moving-near-good-comprehensives-instead.html

Boys outperform girls in science in Britain
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/5389227/Boys-outperform-girls-in-science-in-Britain.html

Fewer taking history GCSE as pupils abandon traditional subjects
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/secondaryeducation/5382572/Fewer-taking-history-GCSE-as-pupils-abandon-traditional-subjects.html

School holidays ‘cut commute time’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5381593/School-holidays-cut-commute-time.html

Money

Parents may lose out on tax break
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8074909.stm

Events
It's Children's Day (1 June)