Overprotecting Children

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Overprotecting Children Youngsters are missing out on their childhood because we over-protect them, a child play expert claims.

In No Fear: Growing Up in a Risk Averse Society, Mr Gill argues that childhood is being undermined by the growth of risk aversion and its intrusion into every aspect of children's lives.

Activities that previous generations of children enjoyed without a second thought - like walking to school on their own - have been re-labelled as troubling or dangerous and the adults who permit them branded as irresponsible, he argues.

While it is surely the case that allowing children further opportunities to roam around within their communities would bring them many benefits, the persistent hysteria over child abuse means that, in practice, children who are roaming around are likely to cause trouble both for themselves and for everyone else; because nowadays - unlike in the past - the adults in the community would be too fearful to contain them.

Was Weapons Expert Dr David Kelly Assassinated?

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Was Weapons Expert Dr David Kelly Assassinated? Campaigning politician Norman Baker believes Dr Kelly, who exposed the Government's "sexed-up" Iraq dossier, was killed to stop him making further revelations about the lies that took Britain to war.

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Was Dr Crippen Innocent?

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Was Dr Crippen Innocent? One of the most notorious murderers of the 20th century may have been innocent, according to new DNA evidence.

Dr Hawley Crippen was hanged for the poisoning and dismembering of his wife, Cora Turner, in 1910, following a trial that transfixed the nation.
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