Skills to complete higher education can be inherited
Skills needed to complete higher education can be inherited Students who come from a home where the parents have completed higher education, also complete the…
Parents
One in ten parents drank alcohol every day during a foreign holiday
In a survey conducted by Respons Analysis for the organization AV-OG-TIL, one in ten parents answered that they drank alcohol every day during their previous summer…
Three out of four students have parents who have graduated
Every fourth student in Norway has parents without higher education. The rest come from families with a background from university or college. OECD figures show…
Parents charged with abuse against infant
Parents from Romerike is charged for abuse against their two-month-old daughter after a doctor found a number of violations of the infant’s body. The pair…
Teenagers take after their parents’ pill use
There is a relationship between parents’ use of prescription painkillers and teenage children consumption, according to a New Norwegian study. The study also shows that…
Parents live longer than childless
Parents, there is hope – If you pass through sleep deprivation, angry outbursts from babies and teenage angst, you’re rewarded with a longer life than…
Six out of ten parents are concerned about their children online
60 percent of Norwegian parents say they are concerned about their children’s safety online, according to a survey conducted for Telenor. Their greatest fear exposure…
Parents accused of having poisoned their daughter
Two parents in Oppland have been charged with poisoning their daughter with a medicine she can’t tolerate. The young woman is lying with life-threatening sickness….
Parents are concerned about excess boozing at Christmas
Two out of five parents are concerned about drinking too much alcohol with children present at Christmas,according to a recent study by the alcohol-wise (alkovettorganisasjonen)…
Young children should share room with parents say researchers
To avoid ‘Sudden infant death syndrome’ (SIDS) or ‘Crib/Cot death’ among infants, children should sleep in the same room as their parents in the first…
Parents fear grandparents alcohol use
Nearly one in ten parents refrained from sending their children to spend the night with their grandparents because they were afraid of the grandparents’ alcohol…
Southern Police ask where parents of the adolescents were
Having dealt with several teenage parties which had gone overboard on Saturday night, the police force is wondering where parents are. At 9:39pm the police…
Anxious parents creates more traffic congestion
School routes are dangerous for our children, believe many parents, and prefer driving children to school. Thus, the routes ar becoming even more dangerous, warns…
Six out of ten parents feel pressure to buy
Norwegian parents, especially those with lower incomes, feel pressurised into buying mobile phones, clothes, school bag, sports equipment and shoes for the children. One in…
Parents accused of violence have moved from Norway
The Norwegian-Romanian parents who were living in Naustdal Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane, who have been accused of violence against their children, have moved to…
Several children left abroad by parents
During 2015 the Education department treated 50 cases where students did not show up to school because their parents left them abroad – often the…
Parents in Froland got incorrect tidings of son’s death
A couple from Froland in Aust-Agder were told that their son was dead. This turned out to be false. On Saturday morning they were told…
Immigrant youth more exposed to violence from parents
Children and adolescents from a non-western background are far more exposed to severe violence in the home than those from a Norwegian or Nordic background,…
One out of five children subjected to violence by their parents
One out of five Norwegian adolescents say they have been subjected to physical violence from at least one of their parents in childhood, according to…
Children rarely minds being pressured into taking part in family outings
Most children think it’s okay that parents are pressuring them to take part in outings. This is according to a survey that Ipsos has made…