UK: Fathers' role in education stressed

Submitted by anthony on Fri, 2009-01-02 22:25

Article here. Excerpt:

'Schools are being urged to increase contact with absent fathers to encourage them to play a greater role in their child's education, it has been reported.

Ministers want fathers who are not living in the family home to be kept informed of their child's progress at school, believing it can improve pupils' well-being and academic performance, particularly among boys, according to The Independent.

A recent Cabinet Office report showed a quarter of children were living in lone parent homes.

Studies show a father's involvement is vital to encouraging boys, in particular, to do better in school.'

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Studies show a father's involvement is vital to encouraging boys, in particular, to do better in school.

First, you squeeze all of the paste out of the tube and then decide doing so was not such a great idea. And now you want it back in? It was a cinch getting it out but it will be a bitch getting it back in!

Societies that have failed social engineering schemes that go bad are like people who mess up. They really don't get a second chance in life to get it right! It happens but is a rarity. The father role in Western societies has been so degraded it is not reasonable to assume that it can be restored by passing another damned law.

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Submitted by Luek on Sat, 2009-01-03 02:17