Tag Archives: Theory
Unreliable Evidence – Family Courts – Children’s Rights
Posted on 20. Mar, 2011 by Young Parents Guide.
BBC radio program discussing the use of evidence in family proceedings.FIND OUT MORE! – evenToddlers – SUBJECT PLAYLIST Representing Yourself in UK Courts and Fathers’ Rights Helping fathers sustain a relationship with their child or children through the courts – The ‘joke’ is that fathers do not have any rights in UK courts. URL: www.youtube.com Child Psychology and UK Fathers’ Rights What is the research basis for decisions taken in family proceedings in UK courts. How does the attachment theory apply and is the concept of ‘maternal deprivation’ relevant? URL: www.youtube.com Shared Parenting and UK Fathers’ Rights What is the research evidence for UK courts treating both parents with parity of esteem in the eyes of their children? URL: www.youtube.com Domestic Violence and UK Fathers’ Rights What is the research evidence, if any, for domestic violence against males? URL: www.youtube.com Mediation and UK Fathers’ Rights If mediation does not work why is it so popular in UK courts? URL: www.youtube.com CAFCASS and UK Fathers’ Rights CAFCASS Officers make recommendations to UK court about children in family proceedings. But how do they operate? URL: www.youtube.com Parental Alienation Syndrome PAS – UK Fathers’ Rights What is Parental Alienation Syndrome and why is it not recognised in UK courts? URL: www.youtube.com Baby ‘P’ – UK Social Services and Child Protection What guidelines do Social Services in the UK adopt to protect the children in their care? URL: www.youtube …
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UK Secret Courts: The Judiciary and Shared Parenting
Posted on 10. Aug, 2010 by Young Parents Guide.
An extract from a BBC tv program on ‘UK Secret Courts and the Judiciary’.FIND OUT MORE! SUBJECT PLAYLIST Representing Yourself in UK Family Courts lipfamilycourts.blogspot.com Shared Parenting Research sharedparentingresearch.blogspot.com CAFCASS cafcasscourts.blogspot.com Parental Alienation Syndrome PAS intractablehostility.blogspot.com The Welfare of the Child in UK Family Proceedings welfareofchildren.blogspot.com COMMENTS “Very many thanks for sending me a copy of your interesting and informative guide on ‘even Toddlers Need Fathers’. I much appreciate your drawing my attention to it”. PROFESSOR SIR MICHAEL RUTTER, 13th March 2002. “I am very grateful to all those, like yourself who have written and particularly where you have been able to demonstrate your own thinking from the experiences you have had. Congratulations on your battle”. Former UK Home Secretary and father DAVID BLUNKETT, 22 March 2005. “The PRIME MINISTER has asked me to thank you for your recent letter and enclosure. The Prime Minister does not issue photographs of his children and therefore has to decline your request. He has however asked me to pass on his best wishes”. 1O DOWNING STREET, 8 March 2001. “It was thoughtful of you to enclose a copy of your book ‘even Toddlers Need Fathers’ and HER MAJESTY has noted your concerns”. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, 26 July 2006. LINKS WEBSITE ‘even Toddlers Need Fathers’ – not for profit www.eventoddlersneedfathers.com YouTUBE VIDEO CHANNEL http TWITTER twitter.com
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UK Family Courts on the BBC
Posted on 03. Aug, 2010 by Young Parents Guide.
A radio discussion about Family Courts on the BBC.FIND OUT MORE! SUBJECT PLAYLIST Representing Yourself in UK Family Courts lipfamilycourts.blogspot.com Shared Parenting Research sharedparentingresearch.blogspot.com CAFCASS cafcasscourts.blogspot.com Parental Alienation Syndrome PAS intractablehostility.blogspot.com The Welfare of the Child in UK Family Proceedings welfareofchildren.blogspot.com COMMENTS “Very many thanks for sending me a copy of your interesting and informative guide on ‘even Toddlers Need Fathers’. I much appreciate your drawing my attention to it”. PROFESSOR SIR MICHAEL RUTTER, 13th March 2002. “I am very grateful to all those, like yourself who have written and particularly where you have been able to demonstrate your own thinking from the experiences you have had. Congratulations on your battle”. Former UK Home Secretary and father DAVID BLUNKETT, 22 March 2005. “The PRIME MINISTER has asked me to thank you for your recent letter and enclosure. The Prime Minister does not issue photographs of his children and therefore has to decline your request. He has however asked me to pass on his best wishes”. 1O DOWNING STREET, 8 March 2001. “It was thoughtful of you to enclose a copy of your book ‘even Toddlers Need Fathers’ and HER MAJESTY has noted your concerns”. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, 26 July 2006. LINKS WEBSITE ‘even Toddlers Need Fathers’ – not for profit www.eventoddlersneedfathers.com YouTUBE VIDEO CHANNEL http TWITTER twitter.com
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2Pac – Brenda’s Got A Baby
Posted on 30. Jul, 2010 by Young Parents Guide.
“Brenda’s Got a Baby” is the solo debut single by Tupac Shakur, and tenth track from his debut album, 2Pacalypse Now. The song, which features R&B singer Dave Hollister, is about a fictional twelve-year-old girl named Brenda who lives in a ghetto, has a baby, and is incapable of supporting it. The song explores the issue of teen pregnancy and its effect on the young mothers and their families. Like many of Shakur’s songs, “Brenda’s Got a Baby” draws from the plight of the impoverished. Using Brenda to represent young mothers in general, Shakur criticises the low level of support from the babies’ father, the government, and society in general. Shakur wrote the song when he read a newspaper article about a twelve-year-old girl who got pregnant from her cousin and, because she didn’t want her parents to know about the baby, threw it in a trash can. The opening consists of a duet singing the songs title repeatedly. Much of the rest of the song is one long verse performed by Tupac. The verse begins with him telling a group that he has heard about Brendas pregnancy. He also notes that the girl has had virtually no education in her life, having only barely obtained minimal skills in writing, and calls this a “damn shame”, criticizing and has little hope in life. Her family is very poor, and her father is a heroin addict. Brenda is impregnated by her unnamed boyfriend, who is her cousin, but she is successfully able to hide her pregnancy. Tupac explains that it wouldnt matter to …
