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Parental guidance
Well written, David Crow [Too many children are being taken into care, last Friday]. In a free society such as ours, surely it is better to leave children in the care of their parents rather than in institutions – we must give back to parents, often single parents, the responsibility and authority they once had, to raise and discipline their children as best they can, unhindered by do-good legislation. The result may be nowhere near the socially accepted norm, but surely it’s still better for most at-risk children to grow up at the bottom of the family bell curve than in an institution.
Government policy is best directed toward supporting parents as they shoulder their responsibilities, doing whatever they can in their circumstances, rather than toward cutting out parental responsibility altogether by removing the children.
Mike Casebourne
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Dominic Raab hit the nail on the head [Gender quotas are wrong and don’t work – it’s time to treat people as individuals, yesterday]. Gender quotas and positive discrimination are anti-meritocratic and against the whole equalities agenda.
David Spencer
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