This week's news

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  Parents to blame for pupils' bad behaviour

  Standards in primary schools worsening, say teachers

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  Obesity – parents killing with kindness

  Parents to blame for bad habits, say ministers

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  Fifty babies being raised in jail

  Crimes committed by women while pregnant

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  Baby is world's youngest brain tumour patient

  Madison, two weeks, survives complex surgery

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  Violent incidents in schools on the rise

  Teachers unions say figures are ‘scaremongering’

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  Teenage ball games boost bones

  Teens playing ball strengthens bones in old age

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  Mum of 9 girls gives birth to a boy

  Mother gets a long-awaited Christmas present

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  IVF Doctors discriminate against overweight patients

  IVF is not a weight issue

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  Retro toys top Christmas present list

  Lego and dolls houses are kids' favourites

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  Richard Branson's daughter saves passenger's life

  Tycoon's medic daughter in mid-air rescue

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  Off-duty teachers must behave

  New code of conduct for out-of-school

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  Brangelina's homemade gifts for the family

  Children must spend time on making things for siblings

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  Obesity determined by the age of five

  New research claims die is cast before school

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  Children get 'extensive' tuition for grammar schools

  Parents fork out for tutors to win places at schools

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  Sarah Brown speaks of 'pain' of her parents' divorce

  Prime Minister's wife wonders how she 'coped'

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  'Complacency' to blame for Sats marking mess

  Inquiry clears government department

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  Pregnancy belt to update foetus' Facebook page

  Invention gives automatic post

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  Tom Cruise happy if Suri becomes actress

  He's playing Mr Mom at the moment

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  Couch potato babies failing to develop

  Baby seats and pushchairs to blame

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  Self-harmers not exclusively teenage girls

  Boys admit they self-harm too

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  Simon Cowell more famous than God

  Survey of children put him at the top

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  Tests chief quits over SATs marking fiasco

  Damning report expected tomorrow
  

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  Unhealthy snacks still targeted at children

  Loopholes allow advertising of junk food, claims charity

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  X Factor winner to give mum better life

  Alexandra Burke can afford to help seriously-ill mum

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  Slight downturn on children's presents, claims survey

  But cut down on expense for festive decorations
  

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  Pregnant women can eat peanuts, claim experts

  New recommendations to be studied by Government
  

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  Nicole Kidman's gifts for baby's first Christmas

  Baby daughter likes to play with puppets
  

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  Credit crunch dads spend less time with children

  Financial meltdown to blame for longer working hours
  

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  UK not reaching child benchmarks, claims study

  But Government disputes Unicef's findings
  

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  Charlotte Church to have home birth

  Figures show home birth rates are rising
  

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  Predictions for A-level pupils 'unreliable'

  Boys do better than teachers' predictions
  

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  'Hysteria' over nuts, warns professor

  Reaction to peanut allergies is far too 'extreme'
  

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  Big Brother Jade puts two sons first for Christmas

  Cancer sufferer wants boys to have their best Christmas
  

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  Child abuse could rise in financial meltdown

  Top law expert predicts vulnerable will suffer
  

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  School subjects to be six ‘areas of learning’

  Call for individual subjects to be replaced
  

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  Christmas skiing for Kate Hudson and son

  Actress takes son to slopes where she learned
  

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  Premature baby risk from preconception stress

  Study shows effects even before pregnancy
  

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  Santa’s Home Visits

  Time poor parents’ alternative to store Santas
  

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  Simple Christmas for the Hamster

  Richard Hammond on why he’s a family man at heart
  

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  ‘Winter blunderland’ closes

  Lapland-style theme park branded ‘scam’ shuts permanently
  

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  ‘Schools banned from ‘social selection’

  New rules to stop schools discriminating against pupils
  

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  Kevin Federline – his side of the story

  Britney’s ex feared he never see children again
  

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  One of the conjoined twins dies

  Her lungs were not strong enough to survive after separation
  

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  Languages decline in school halted

  But experts warn not enough pupils study languages
  

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  Fertile women prefer George Clooney

  But those with children want David Beckham

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  Professionals 'too timid' on child abuse

  Study claims one tenth of children are abused
  

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  Britney wants to be with her children

  Misses her son when she's on tour

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  Teenager repays £20,000 rescue cost

  Sponsored walk to raise money after stolen boat incident
  

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  Caesarean birth increases asthma risk

  Study shows tendency to lung condition

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  Nicola not a good role model, says Esther

  Esther Rantzen criticises boob implants model

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  Abortions linked to mental illness

  Women who undergo abortion more likely to develop mental illness
  

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  'Great outdoors' nursery

  Pioneering idea for new type of nursery

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  Reese Witherspoon's limits on Chrimbo gifts

  Oscar winner won't be too indulgent towards her children

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  Women want to be stay-at-home mums

  But the financial meltdown is forcing them out to work
  

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  High heels for babies

  Mum becomes agent in this country

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  Sacked Santa

  Santa loses his job after asking woman to sit on his lap