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Children in one in four homes share bedrooms.
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Thousands of children are forced to share a bedroom with a sibling or other family member, according to new research.
In London, this figure rises to 35 per cent of households. Among young couples in Britain, the proportion is 38 per cent.
Nearly one in three parents think their home is too small, according to the study of 2,000 adults by property website FindaProperty.com.
Cost of raising a child soars by 55% in nine years
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Children are priceless to parents but the cost of raising them has rocketed by 55% in the last nine years, a report reveals today. From the minute they are born to the time they leave home, mums and dads will have shelled out up to £218,000 to feed, clothe and educate them compared with £140,398 in 2003.
Send mums and dads 'good parenting' texts, says advisor.
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New mothers and fathers should be sent text messages from the Department for Education telling them how to be good parents, a Government advisor has said.
Jean Gross, the outgoing 'communication champion' for children, said parents should be advised by text to switch the television off, if they had it on all day, and reminded to speak to their babies.
She raised the idea in her last report on how to improve the speaking, reading and writing skills of children.
Science questions leave parents clueless - read Prof Brian Cox's tips
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One in four parents are left baffled by questions about science from their children, a survey reveals today.
Many mums and dads get a daily grilling from curious boys and girls about maths and the universe – and a fifth admit making up answers or saying nobody knows.
Some believe the thirst for knowledge is fuelled by educational TV programmes such as Professor Brian Cox’s Wonders of the Universe, according to the nationwide survey of 2,000 parents.
Couples with children 'to be hardest hit' by coalition tax and benefit changes.
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Institute for Fiscal Studies report says families will fare much worse than childless couples as cuts bite between now and 2015.
