The Children (Scotland) Act 1995 gives children the right to have their views taken into account when their parents take a dispute over the child to court. This is consistent
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A range of policy initiatives have been introduced in Scotland with the aim of supporting families, increasing parenting capacity, and facilitating early intervention (for example, Early Years Framework; parenting programmes
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In Scotland, couples are able to enter into a written agreement regulating the division of their property and any ongoing support for each other, or for their children, when they
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A think-tank report said that 24,000 families in Scotland – 4 per cent of the total population of families with children – faced severe disadvantage (defined as having four or
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A report examined the impact of public spending decisions on vulnerable children and families. It said that 2 out of 3 of the most vulnerable families were struggling with more
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An article examined children’s understanding of family finances and how they perceived this to relate to eating healthily. Children had sophisticated ideas about the interrelationships between diet, cost, and health;
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The report draws on extensive national and international research, and a detailed investigation of parenting support in three very different parts of England: Hertfordshire, South Tyneside and Manchester. Parenting and
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