http://www.participle.net/blog/ en amelias@participle.net Copyright 2010 2010-01-08T11:26:00+00:00 http://www.participle.net/blog/view/3/114 http://www.participle.net/blog/view/3/114#When:23:15:00Z Author: Jennie Winhall <br /> Category: Families <br /><br /> We’re working with families facing multiple difficulties - but we suspect that some insights might lie in solutions other families have found to help them through difficult patches. It could be the transition to secondary school, moving to a new area, the joining of two families, stress or difficult behaviour.&nbsp; It could be as simple as structuring a breakfast routine or as complex as developing new ways of relating to and communicating with each other. It could be an activiity or a person who was particularly supportive. If it’s something you think that other families would benefit from hearing about, we welcome your contribution. Families 2008-09-19T23:15:00+00:00 http://www.participle.net/blog/view/3/113 http://www.participle.net/blog/view/3/113#When:22:58:00Z Author: Jennie Winhall <br /> Category: Families <br /><br /> Stress is a contributing factor to poor parenting and family dysfunction. Where a family is coping with multiple problems, low income, stress and external triggers can combine to ‘tip’ things over the edge and affect children’s outcomes in a negative way. This Times article outlines the significance of holidays in the lives of low income families and some of the initiatives that help families to take a break. Families 2008-09-19T22:58:00+00:00 http://www.participle.net/blog/view/3/112 http://www.participle.net/blog/view/3/112#When:22:29:00Z Author: Jennie Winhall <br /> Category: Families <br /><br /> Louise Casey, former head of the Respect Taskforce, calls for Friday night youth projects as one of her ‘top ten’ ways to cut crime published in the Independent. Our research into ‘problem families’ so far shows a strong case for options that provide children with activities and the chance to develop new pro-social friendships and parents with a break so they can maintain a social life of their own. There is little available for teenagers and parents on Friday night, when many anti-social behaviour problems occur. Families 2008-09-19T22:29:00+00:00 http://www.participle.net/blog/view/3/108 http://www.participle.net/blog/view/3/108#When:16:21:00Z Author: Emma Southgate <br /> Category: Families <br /><br /> The first episode of The Family was aired on Channel 4 last night and came with both criticism and applause. For four months the Hughes lived with 21 fixed cameras and 16 microphones and the resulting footage has been translated into 8 hour long programmes. The family were chosen because in many ways they are unremarkable and the programmes, billed as a documentary series, show aspects of family life that many of us can relate to. Read reviews from The Independent and The Guardian Families 2008-09-18T16:21:00+00:00