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		<title>Kids feeling unsafe on streets</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/kids-feeling-unsafe-on-streets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CBBC Newsround have been asking children about how they feel about being out on the streets and say:
One in five of you feel unsafe on the streets, according to a Newsround survey.
Lots of you also said you are scared of bullies, and four out of ten of you are scared of the dark.
In the film [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=2583&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Child wellbeing and child poverty</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/child-wellbeing-and-child-poverty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Child Poverty Action Group have produced a report about the relative position of the UK in terms of children&#8217;s wellbeing.
One of the domains they look at is behaviour and  risk:
This domain covers violence, child deaths (mostly accident related) and risky behaviour (including early sexual intercourse, smoking, drinking and drug use). Sweden is the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=2573&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Parental divorce and adolescent cigarette smoking and alcohol use: assessing the importance of family conflict</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/parental-divorce-and-adolescent-cigarette-smoking-and-alcohol-use-assessing-the-importance-of-family-conflict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the findings from an abstract of a research paper looking into  how family conflict contributes to the relationship between parental divorce and adolescent cigarette smoking and alcohol use.
Family conflicts are important contributors to the relationship between parental divorce and adolescent cigarette smoking and alcohol use. Conflict between parents and adolescents, but not inter-parental [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=2282&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Engaging Youth Enquiry</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/engaging-youth-enquiry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a similar theme to the last post the Rathbone/Nuffield Review have published their final report of the Engaging Youth Enquiry.
Their research has been focused on young people who are not in education, employment, or training.
To have any chance of helping these young people to meet the learning challenges needed to re-engage with society they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=1812&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Positive schooling found to prevent antisocial behaviour</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/positive-schooling-found-to-prevent-antisocial-behaviour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children &#38; Young People Now
The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, which looked at how children from high-risk backgrounds can avoid becoming antisocial, found young children who had school friends, supportive teachers and took part in school activities and clubs, were up to 79 per cent more likely to grow up &#8220;pro-social&#8221;.
Good parenting skills [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=1467&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Seeds of Exclusion</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/07/09/the-seeds-of-exclusion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Salvation Army have a new document out looking at the risk factors for social exclusion.  Here&#8217;s some of what it says:
While drug choices are shaped by social and economic circumstances, biological endowment and psychological development are also important. Genetic factors do not ‘cause’ drug use or dependence, but they increase the risks for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=1431&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Improved buildings boost pupil morale</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/improved-buildings-boost-pupil-morale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children and Young People Now have the details of an interesting survey about the difference that Building Schools for the Future is having on how young people feel about their schools.
The number of pupils who said they felt safe at school most or all of the time increased from 57 to 87 per cent, while [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=1360&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Effective Alternatives: Supporting Young People at Risk</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/effective-alternatives-supporting-young-people-at-risk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 11:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beverley Hughes speaking about early intervention:
How do we give very troubled young people an effective alternative to the path they&#8217;re currently set on?
This question assumes even greater urgency when we think about the most challenging, most at risk young people &#8211; those committing anti-social behaviour, caught up in a cycle of crime or violence, sliding [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=1315&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>State of Childhood and Parenting Tips</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/kids-tell-nr-our-life-is-great-vs-boys-look-up-to-footballers-not-fathers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an interesting contrast between the way the Newsround survey on childhood is reported by Newsround and The Telegraph.
Newsround&#8217;s coverage focuses on the positive:
It seems most of you feel pretty good about things and think Britain is a great place to live.
How do we know that? Well, Newsround carried out a special kids&#8217; survey to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=899&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mind the gap</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/mind-the-gap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Martin Narey, Chief Executive of Barnardo&#8217;s, writing in The Guardian on why education is important:
 Educational disadvantage starts at a very young age – recent research indicates that children from impoverished backgrounds fall behind children born to parents who are financially more comfortable at 22 months. By the age of three, children from disadvantaged backgrounds [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=847&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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