Family & Parenting Institute December Newsletter

Family Focus  December 2012 Edition News  Playing Games at Christmas Do advergames change the way children buy things? Why should parents be worried? We have just launched our campaign to raise awareness of how manufacturers use advergames to advertise their products to children by stealth. The Code of Practice on Advertising states clearly that ‘adverts must be obviously identifiable as such.’ So children should be able to tell that a game is being used to advertise a product or a brand. However, our new review of the research on children and advergames found that most children under 10 (as well as a lot of adults) don’t understand that an advergame is actually an advert.  Read the full report here Troubled Families and intervention The head of the Government’s Troubled Families programme, Louise Casey, has endorsed family intervention as the most effective way to turn problem families around and help them get on in life.  Working with Troubled Families: a guide to evidence and good practice is a new report published this month which outlines key ways in which family intervention is shown to reduce involvement in anti-social behaviour and crime - as well as truancy, exclusion and bad behaviour at school. It goes on to discuss the main features of effective family intervention. The full report, which is based on academic evidence as well as consultation with both practitioners and families, can be downloaded here Family Policy Digest This month’s Family Policy Digest includes: ·         Reactions to the Autumn budget statement as it affects families; ·         Family trends identified in the 2011 Census figures; ·         The impact of housing supply on young people ·         And much more. Family Sector Calendar See our calendar of seminars, conferences and other events for those who work professionally or voluntarily with families. Do you have an event you would like to appear on this calendar? Send brief details to events@familyandparenting.org And finally… Festive greetings to everyone and wishing you a happy new year 2013 Family Focus is supported by the Family Strategic Partnership 'FSP - working together for families.' www.familyandparenting.org The newsletter for those who work professionally or voluntarily with families Share our newsletter: Facebook LinkedIn Twitter