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	March 2013: no 150 AGM and Annual Conference The myth of marriage equality Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill at a glance Wise words on marriage Three new titles on the same-sex marriage debate What is marriage: man and woman – a defense Debating same-sex marriage Is there a case for same-sex marriage? Questions of Eligibility and Consequences A Revolution in Family Policy: Where we should go from here Does smacking really cause cancer, heart disease and asthma? Controversial ‘sexual health’ website for teens receives support from Health Minister Three extracts from the Respect Yourself website which the Health Minister did ‘not consider troubling’ Girls Uncovered: New Research on what America’s sexual culture does to young women How our schools are failing teenage girls Girl Guides: ‘the ultimate feminist organisation’, according to new chief executive Sex education: schools must remain free, says minister The majority of Britons say divorce is ‘too easy’ Government upholds freedom of parents to home educate their children
	November 2012: no 149 Same-sex marriage: a ‘very dangerous measure’ that threatens the freedom of us all Same-sex marriage: more reasons for the Prime Minister to think again How casual attitudes towards teenage sex are placing vulnerable girls at risk Turning a blind eye to underage sex: ‘a form of reckless abandonment’ Contraceptive clinics in schools: Southampton health chiefs agree to wait and see Channel 4 withdraws explicit sex education resource in response to parental concerns Government interventions fail to reduce under-16 conception and abortion rates ‘For this generation of teenage girls, taking the morning-after pill is like pressing the delete button on a computer.’ Peers urge government to recognise marriage in the tax system without further delay Fatherlessness: ‘a deep and dangerous divide’ Forgotten Families? The vanishing agenda Former children’s minister issues 10-point plan to support the family State intervention does not compensate for the lack of a strong family Babies need fathers! A date for your diary…
	August 2012: no 148 How the same-sex marriage debate is threatening to change the meaning of marriage in more ways than one Positives and negatives in the ongoing sex education debate Lifelong marriage: more important than money, career or fame, say young and old alike Should chemists give the pill to under-16s? Pharmacy supply of the contraceptive pill: the background Conference report Julie Maxwell Yusuf Patel Mary Russell Anna Tomalin Ann Whitaker Elizabeth Jones Sue Relf Ann Allen Rules rites and rituals: The building of great families and schools The Marriage Foundation Tributes to two faithful servants at annual conference Parental internet controls Thank you!
	May 2012: No 147 AGM and conference Same-sex marriage: Time for action Government resorts to legal fiction in flawed consultation If a same-sex couple can marry, why not siblings? It is time to back marriage Sex Before the Sexual Revolution: Intimate Life in England, 1918-1963 Out of the Ashes: Britain after the riots When ‘human rights’ bypass democracy Publications available from Family Education Trust Marriage Foundation launched Have we gone too far in putting the child first?
	March 2011: No 146 Coalition for Marriage launched to defend marriage against an ‘act of cultural vandalism’ The August riots in England - understanding the involvement of young people The Good Childhood Report 2012 Reconsidering the ‘Good Divorce’ The effects of divorce on children ‘Mend it – don’t end it!’ Why government support for marriage and stable family life is in the public interest Widespread support for married couples’ allowance Wise words from Iain Duncan Smith Review: Core Knowledge – What your year 1 child needs to know Review: A Queer Thing Happened to America Respect begins at home Other titles in the Respect for Parents series The crisis in parental authority Marriage to be taught in Free Schools and Academies Thank you, Waitrose! AGM and Conference – Saturday 23 June 2012
	Autumn 2011: No 145 Unhealthy confusion Why marriage matters Statistics: Do we know what they mean? Cohabitation: an alternative to marriage? The erosion of authority The crisis in parental authority – three views from Tottenham Wise words from the commentators Coalition government plans to change the definition of marriage Scotland consults on same-sex marriage Clueless or clued up? Young adults support marital faithfulness Children’s minister supports contraception for ‘boys and girls’ A salutary lesson What Britain thinks about parenting PSHE review
	Summer 2011: No 144 Letting children be children The Bailey Report recommendations Sex and Relationships Education Council Conference report Reports on local activities Julie Maxwell Mandy Pilz Yusuf Patel Julie Barnes Christine Hudson Armorel Carlyon Sue Relf Louise Kirk Mary Russell Ethical dilemmas in modern medicine Breaking the cycle of welfare dependency Sexual health group welcomes LIFE The future of sex and relationships education Same-sex partnerships: equal to marriage or fundamentally different? Miriam Grossman meetings Quotable quotes from Miriam Grossman Books available from Family Education Trust
	Spring 2011: No 143 AGM and conference The importance of grandparents Government reaffirms that primary schools are not required to teach sex education Sex Education Forum attempts to redefine science curriculum in bid to impose sex education on primary schools An opportunity to hear Dr Miriam Grossman What is marriage? Two competing views of marriage Fragile families in the US and UK Senior judge demands marriage rights for unmarried couples Unplanned: The dramatic true story of a former Planned Parenthood leader’s eye-opening journey across the life line Let’s Stick Together: The Relationship Book for New Parents Ask teenagers if they are homosexual, says government quango Tax burden on single-earner married couples continues to rise Special offers
	Autumn 2010/11: No 142 Family Education Trust report bears fruit in the United States Broken Homes and Battered Children The Importance of Teaching: An assessment of the Schools White Paper Sex education update The curriculum as a battleground Primary school sex education – dispelling the myths Feminist myths and magic medicine Family breakdown in the UK – it’s not about divorce Government-funded review calls for rights-based children’s commissioner in England Review of commercialisation and sexualisation of children The need for traditional values to address violent behaviour among children and young people Giving by Gift Aid: Give now to maximise your giving Annual General Meeting and Conference– Saturday 25 June 2011
	Autumn 2010: No 141 The family at the conferences NICE calls for antenatal classes in school Wasted: Why education isn’t educating ContactPoint closed down The myth of a ‘Dutch model’ of sex education Office of Children’s Commissioner under review In the best interests of children? Health hazards of homosexuality Sexual health initiative fails to change the behaviour of young people New qualification in sexual health awareness encourages sexual promiscuity Childhood wellbeing - we keep talking about it, but we still don’t know what it means Stand for the family What women want: evidence from British Social Attitudes
	Summer 2010: No 140 The prospects for family policy under the new coalition government An ‘upbeat and forward-looking occasion’ Local reports Mary Russell Armorel Carlyon Vanya Almeida Suzanne Fernandes Elizabeth Jones Lisa Bullivant The Spoilt Generation: restoring adult authority in child development The Rise or Marriage and Family Breakdown cannot be turned. Or can it? Family Education Trust forces high street pharmacy chain to tell the truth about STIs Why do we have so many idle young men? News in brief Thank you! Academies Bill Childhood and Families Task Force What Is Love?
	Spring 2010: No 139 AGM and Conference General Election 2010 Election 2010: The Parties and the Family Labour Conservatives Liberal Democrats Questions for Candidates Sexualisation of Young People Review The impact of music videos and lyrics Government forced to drop sex education and home education plans from Children, Schools and Families Bill 640 headteachers, school governors and faith leaders in opposition to Children, Schools and Families Bill Sex education and home education - the law remains unchanged Cohabitation in the 21st Century Abstinence study shows positive results New Sponsor: Professor Brenda Almond
	Winter 2009/2010: No 138 Parents told to stand clear as government seeks to impose its new morality on children Teaching homosexuality in schools – making it up as they go along Too Much, Too Soon: the government’s plans for your child’s sex education Home education: Government proposes ‘excessive powers’ that undermine key parental freedoms Home education: the government’s plans in brief Home education review: ‘slapdash’ ‘panic riven’, and ‘unfortunate’ Open letter to The Guardian Home education review: what happened when Weighed and found wanting – local authority statistics on home education A Mother’s Work: How feminism, the market and policy shape family life What Women Want… and how they can get it The Spoilt Generation: Why restoring authority will make our children and society happier You’re Teaching My Child What? A physician exposes the lies of sex education and how they harm your child Consultation on new sex and relationships education guidance What does ‘morality’ mean? Annual General Meeting and Conference 2010 Baroness Diana Elles (1921-2009)
	Autumn 2009: No 137 How parents are being replaced by institutions Why does the government immediately associate the word ‘motherhood’ with registered childcare? The health benefits of full-time motherhood Polyamory: The Perfectly Plural Postmodern Condition Children must be taught about ‘the right to sexual pleasure’, say government advisors New UNESCO Guidelines aim to desensitise children, parents and teachers and promote liberal sexual attitudes worldwide £6m government-funded programme fails to reduce teenage pregnancy, drunkenness and drug misuse The death of respect The surveillance state Home education: the fight to keep the family free 21st Century Boys Contemporary Social Evils Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty: Emerging Conflicts
	Summer 2009: No 136 Please respond to the government’s consultation on PSHE Government does not bring up children – parents do Two new titles from Family Education Trust Annual General Meeting and Conference Local reports Devon Hampshire Alive to the World Northern Ireland Cornwall Ireland London Challenge Team UK Teenage pregnancy: Dissecting the evidence The dangerous rise of therapeutic education Home education proposals pose serious threat to all families FPA forced to withdraw leaflet for primary school pupils
	Spring 2009: No 135 AGM and conference A Good Childhood Home Education Review Broadcasting standards body bows to pressure from contraception and abortion industries over advertising rules Government welfare plans offer incentives to family breakdown Database State Key databases with a focus on children Patient teenagers: the 'saved sex' message makes a difference Government misses the point Government to consult on PSHE Healthy lives, brighter futures: The strategy for children and young people's health Counting the cost of family breakdown The Dangerous Rise of Therapeutic Education 'Don't tell your children the difference between right and wrong,' government tells parents The failure of the teenage pregnancy strategy Kathleen Cassidy
	Winter 2008/2009: No 134 Government presses ahead with sex education plans without consulting parents How the government has gone back on its word How the sex and relationship education review group marginalised parents Sex Education or Indoctrination? now available in Romanian Why abortion? Why the family matters New health education leaflet Families in Britain: the evidence The child care transition: ‘a gamble with today’s children and tomorrow’s world’ Redefining the family 21 reasons why gender matters ‘Wellbeing’ – what does it mean? ContactPoint prepares to go live Government upholds parental use of reasonable physical chastisement Publications available from Family Education Trust Annual General Meeting and Conference
	Autumn 2008: No 133 From promoting harm to preventing good Review article: Licensed to Hug How child protection becomes perverse and counterproductive Birth outside marriage: Does it really matter? The Next Generation: Facing up to the challenge of relational and emotional poverty The HPV Vaccine - Reasons for caution The HPV Vaccine: Questions and Answers for parents Review: Hooked: New science on how casual sex is affecting our children Sex education lobby fights to replace parents with the state Teenage Pregnancy Unit admits statistical error Royal Mail honours leading eugenicist Review: Governments and Marriage Education Policy UN children's rights committee seeks to impose radical social agenda Review: Growing Up…Growing Wise@Home
	Summer 2008: No 132 Arctic Conditions – towards a better way of taxing families The retreat from reason Annual General Meeting and Conference Local Reports Northern Ireland Cornwall Derbyshire Oxfordshire Ireland Scotland Alive to the World Challenge Team UK Education and the culture Rites of passage in a modern age Family Life Award Government agency has no answer to high STI rates Social engineering in schools Abortion rates continue to rise among the young Sex and Relationship Education review New trustee - Dr Joseph Lim
	Spring 2008: No 131 AGM and conference Government presses ahead with writing fathers out of the script Falling marriage rates – mark of a mature society or cause for concern? Government launches review of sex education The Sex Education Forum: Are they getting it right? Towards an EU strategy on the rights of the child The damaging effects of social dysfunction and family breakdown Have public attitudes really become so liberal? Book reviews The Butterfly Book The Great Reading Disaster Courts urged to go easy on good parents Comment on new sentencing guidelines Dismantling the altar of ‘safe sex’ A letter from Valerie Riches
	Winter 2007/2008: No 130 Children’s Plan sends out more mixed messages about the role of parents The Children’s Plan: What the politicians are saying Facing the facts about sex education and the morning-after pill Government resists pressure to ban smacking Comment on smacking review Is cohabitation a good preparation for marriage? Home education guidelines New sponsor: Michael McKenzie CB, QC ContactPoint to be delayed Denis Riches (1926-2007) Northern Ireland children’s commissioner fails in bid to ban smacking Government to review sex education in schools Annual General Meeting and Conference
	Autumn 2007: No 129 SEAL: Concerns mount over ‘large-scale psychological experiment on young people’ Children’s right to confidentiality trumps parental responsibility and the age of consent, says GMC Parliamentary Committee decides fathers are dispensable Under-18 abortions continue to rise The last word on abstinence? Northern Ireland High Court ruling has implications for freedom of speech throughout the UK ContactPoint Book Reviews Questions Kids Ask About Sex The War Between the State and the Family From Innocents to Agents Who Cares? Does Divorce Law Affect the Divorce Rate? Marriage and the provision of unpaid care Alarming rise in the use of drugs to control children’s behaviour
	Summer 2007: No 128 Realism and optimism at annual conference Prospects for family policy under Gordon Brown Local reports Family Life Award The role of the family in preventing youth crime The Fragmenting Family: Is the family just a social construct? FYC accused of immorality by British Humanist Association Children's commissioner rebrands as 11 Million Review of Built on Love The sexual orientation regulations and employment Government review of law on smacking Ofsted's ideological bias in sex education Professor James S Scott
	Spring 2007: No 127 AGM and Conference New sexual orientation regulations place severe constraints on freedom of conscience How the regulations were railroaded through Parliament A vote too far Unicef report highlights importance of family structure for the wellbeing of children Popular education publisher trivialises child abuse in new book for schools Book review: The Fragmenting Family Same-sex parenting: Is it in the best interests of the child? Magistrate forced to resign over same-sex adoption Violence in schools STIs continue to rise among young women Children's Database to be known as ContactPoint Government respect for home education MP presents Bill calling for respect for parents
	Winter 2006/2007: No 126 Sexual orientation regulations seek to force public approval of homosexual practice Unease about children’s database continues to grow Children’s database: quotable quotes The children’s list that will do more harm than good Dutch myths discarded by Teachers TV Flagship sex education programme fails to reduce teenage pregnancy rates Growing up …growing wise Morning-after pill fails to reduce unplanned pregnancy rates Remotely Controlled: How television is damaging our lives and what we can do about it Freedom’s Orphans: Raising youth in a changing world The State of the Nation Report: Fractured Families How much do parents really know? Sex education at a school near you? Government proposes to make fathers redundant Teenage contraceptive schemes proving counterproductive Annual General Meeting and Conference
	Autumn 2006: No 125 New UK study confirms benefits of marriage Good Childhood Inquiry Rise in childhood depression and behavioural and developmental problems attracts widespread concern Toxic Childhood: How the modern world is damaging our children and what we can do about it Advisory group says abortion should be presented as an option to children Abortions performed on married women account for less than a fifth of the total The Lost Generation: Why our children are in crisis Information Sharing Index Consultation Children’s commissioner sets out in pursuit of a radical children’s rights agenda Commons support for smacking ban vastly overestimated When teenage pregnancy is planned Morning-after pill fails to cut abortion rate Life without children Family Policy, Family Changes: Sweden, Italy and Britain Compared Full-Time Mothers annual meeting Teenage pregnancy – more of the same British public remains strongly opposed to a ban on smacking Sexual orientation discrimination regulations
	Summer 2006: No 124 Children: Over Surveilled, Under Protected Annual General Meeting and Conference Challenges to marriage, freedom, family and the welfare of children and young people Local Reports - Scotland - Avon - West Sussex - Cornwall - Republic of Ireland - Devon - London - Oxfordshire - Challenge Team UK The effects of early childcare on children’s development The Fight for the Family goes on Gap Year Opportunity Sexual Orientation Regulations Ideology perpetuates Dutch myth School nurse accountability RCN votes against smacking ban Law Commission consultation
	Spring 2006: No 123 Annual General Meeting and Conference The Nationalisation of Childhood Youth Matters: Next Steps The influence of the media on teenage sexual attitudes and behaviour Role of school nurses to expand Sexual orientation regulations threaten to undermine traditional morality and religious liberty European Parliament Resolution on ‘Homophobia in Europe' The social costs of feminism Family structure and children's educational outcomes If family structure in the USA were as strong today as it was in 1970… Teenagers: Why do they do that? What age of consent? Paternity leave problem Wraparound childcare warning National Parenting Academy BBC upholds FYC complaint Sponsors
	Winter 2005-2006: No 122 Annual General Meeting and Conference Doubts remain over children's database In loco parentis: badge of honour to be discarded or restored? Confidentiality policy challenged in High Court 'Morning-after pill' figures cause concern Special offer - two books for the price of one Book Reviews o Mentoring Marriages o No Man's Land o Family Structure and Economic Outcomes o The Tina Project The social and economic advantages of supporting marriage Families and the state Teenage sex and drug-taking increases risk of depression Ten benefits of frequent family meals Child abuse deaths and family structure Home education: a 'fundamental right' The hidden costs of childcare Civil partnership doesn't spell marriage Dr Trevor Stammers Special News Update: High Court judgment drives wedge between parents and their children High Court judgment does young people no favours
	Autumn 2005: No 121 ‘Somewhere to go, something to do' – the Green Paper on youth Do we really need more public investment in youth activities? Youth ‘matters', but what about marriage? ‘The Future of Family Law' Building a culture of respect: Where does the family fit in? Parenting orders The Respect Task Force ‘Fiscal Policy and the Family' Civil partnerships and ‘neutral language' Child protection and ‘the right to confidentiality' Contraception and unwanted pregnancies The growing use of drugs to control children's behaviour Feminist agenda burdens women and society Children in the dock – and on the bench Working wives and divorce Nurseries cause toddlers stress Human Fertilisation and Embryology Review
	Summer 2005: No 120 Annual General Meeting Family Life Award Local reports Parents, Children and the Law The importance of fatherhood Extended schools Restoring choice to parents Respect for parents Information sharing databases Rise in out-of-wedlock births Young people and cannabis Jack Proom
	Spring 2005: No 119 Annual conference General Election 2005 Questions for candidates The Price of Parenthood Child Rearing for Fun Appointment of children’s commissioner for England The dangers of information sharing databases Truth in history? Angela Appleby
	Winter 2004/5: No 118 Limited choice for parents: the government’s vision for ‘the best start for children’ Policies aimed at driving mothers out to work contribute to anti-social behaviour Westminster Hall debate on parents and family policy ‘Celebrating the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family’ The relationship between the family and the state Children Act 2004 Mother mounts challenge to confidentiality policy Schools after Section 28 Public funds for Channel 4? Baroness O’Cathain
	Autumn 2004: No 117 Government guidance on under-16 confidentiality policies The courts and the age of consent Police concerns about moves to change the law on smacking The impact of TV on teenage sexual activity FYC in the news Why not civil partnerships?		Summer 2004: No 116 Report on annual conference Sue Relf – Family Life Award 2004 From the Director’s Report… Local Reports Children Bill Update Why smacking should not be banned Sweden and the BBC AGM 2005
	Spring 2004: No 115 Teenage pregnancy strategy fails teens The Children Bill - Tracking children - Children's commissioner - Threat to reasonable discipline Challenge Team UK Annual General Meeting		Winter 2003/4: No 114 Changes and Challenges ‘Adolescent health’ Sexual health meeting at Stormont Words of wisdom from Melanie Phillips Harry Benson on domestic violence The Other 3Rs Annual General Meeting The Art of Loving Well in local libraries News in brief

	Autumn 2003: No 113 Every child matters Abstinence under fire Who would have thought it? The Other 3 Rs goes live!		Summer 2003: No 112 FET AGM & Conference A Date for Your Diaries Section 28 Legacies A sad loss Book reviews A Message from the Founder President

	Spring 2003: No 111 Annual Conference Dutch Utopia Children's Commissioner for England? Children's sexual 'rights' The 'proof' that sex education works Review: Sex, condoms and STDs		Winter 2002/3: No 110 The Challenge Team The Other Three Rs goes live! Ronald Butt CBE The Dutch Utopia Book Review News in brief Some recent publications available from the society And finally . .

	Autumn 2002: No 109 The Baroness Young, DL Experiments in Living News in Brief The Challenge Team Population control and family planning A report from Scotland Review: There is such a thing as society Some recent publications available from the society		Summer 2002: No 108 AGM & Conference Family Life Award 2002 Those Family Life Awards in Full ! A Date for Your Diary Inquiry on Sexual Health The Failure of Sex Education

	Spring 2002: No 107 Important New Research Taking a Firm Line on Abstinence Book Reviews News in Brief Annual General Meeting And Finally		Winter 2001/2: No 106 Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles Love Says 'Wait' Children In Need Annual Conference Abstinence Education Rejected by the Sex Education Forum News in Brief New Factsheets

	Autumn 2001: No 105 IPPF and Parents' Rights News in Brief Top Ten Myths of Divorce Teenage Pregnancy Strategies Review of The 'M' Word		Summer 2001: No 104 AGM & Conference Family Life Award A Date for Your Diary A Prophetic Voice Happy Ever After Bookshelf

	Spring 2001: No 103 Annual Conference George Brown on Divorce Sex, Lies and Cigarettes Girl Guides News in Brief Book Review Obituary: Dr Ambrose John King		Winter 2000/1: No 102 Abstinence in the BMJ How much child abuse Making Sense of Censorship Transferable Tax To school or not to school? Parental leave... will it really help? Prof Jerome Lejeune Book Reviews

	Autumn 2000: No 101 Sex Under Sixteen? A date for your diary Director's Message ...and from the Founder President Sex and Relationship Education Guidance Sexually Transmitted Infections Same Sex 'Marriage' Amen to that! Bequests and Legacies Book Reviews Special Offers ChildLine		Summer 2000: No 100 All change for Waterloo! Family Life Award: Citation Annual General Meeting Smacking blindness Well done Safeway! Marriage 2000 FET in Scotland News Items... European Employment Directive

	Spring 2000: No 99 Annual Conference Book Review Children's Society News in brief Neo-traditionalism Parents: personæ non gratæ Parental disipline Section 28 Whose democracy?		Winter 1999/2000: No 98 News in brief Section 28 Funding Marriage support The ‘Widow’ Reaction Book Review UN Convention on Children’s Rights