Child Protection Archive

  • Why the Age of Consent Should be Lowered to 14

    Why the Age of Consent Should be Lowered to 14

    Peter Tatchell argues that, in the interests of children's sexual rights and welfare, the age of consent should be 14.

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  • The Pull of Reality

    The Pull of Reality

    Michele Ledda praises Wasted’s demolition of educational myths but argues for a more incisive critique of the politics of change.

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  • What We Can Learn From the World’s Strictest Parents

    What We Can Learn From the World’s Strictest Parents

    Mark Wanstall explores what reality tv show, The World's Strictest Parents, tells us about our own attitude to children and parenting.

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  • Hands Off Poetry!

    Hands Off Poetry!

    Why the banning of a poem from the school curriculum is an important freedom issue

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  • Valley of the Trolls: It’s teh internets FFS

    Valley of the Trolls: It’s teh internets FFS

    A troll is “someone who posts controversial and usually irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, with the intention of baiting other users into an emotional response or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion".

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