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Family Breakdown has been written because it’s a grim fact of modern Britain that almost half of children will suffer the separation of their parents by the time they are 16. More than 12,000 couples with children now decide to live apart every … [Read more...]
MPG director Penelope Leach clarifies the core messages of her book to rectify serious distortions in the media. She says: "Although my new book is called Family Breakdown: Helping Children Hang on to Both Their Parents, by the time it was … [Read more...]
MPG is using the insight afforded by attachment science to achieve further change in policies towards families and especially children. At the heart of our efforts is a children’s pledge. Problems among young people have sadly risen to epidemic … [Read more...]
What is the real cause of the shocking rise in the number of paedophiles and the sexual abuse of children? Headlines about the topic have continued in the wake of the revelations about Jimmy Savile and Stuart Hall. MPG is working to create new … [Read more...]
Family Law Meets Attachment Science: Making Better Decisions for Children. World attachment science authority Allan Schore told delegates at MPG’s first major conference - held at Portcullis House in the Houses of Parliament on  the afternoon of … [Read more...]
A report commissioned by the finance group Aviva among 20,000 families has found that almost 33% of all couples bringing up children have a child from an earlier relationship in their family. This escalation in the number of step families means … [Read more...]
From the University of Rochester website:Â Discussing five movies about relationships over a month could cut the three-year divorce rate for newlyweds in half, researchers report. The study, involving 174 couples, is the first long-term … [Read more...]
2M CHILDREN ‘NOW LIVE IN STEP-PARENT FAMILY’ A report commissioned by the finance group Aviva among 20,000 families has found that almost 33% of all couples bringing up children have a child from an earlier relationship in their family. This … [Read more...]
Unmarried couples are four times more likely to separate than their married counterparts, a new study has revealed (writes Toby Hayward-Butcher). The Marriage Foundation has published the results of a national panel survey of 40,000 households, … [Read more...]
Keir Starmer, the former director of public prosecutions, has told a BBC programme that teachers and other professionals who do not report child abuse suspicions should face prosecution. Mr Starmer has told an edition of the BBC programme Panorama … [Read more...]