Raising the Nation: How to Build a Better Future for Our Children (and Everyone Else)Children today grow up in an increasingly volatile, complex and uncertain world. Theirs is a generation disempowered from steering their lives while society’s systems are failing to provide the support they need. Yet, a country only prospers when its children – from all walks of life – thrive, meaning that the United Kingdom now faces some consequential choices. Raising the Nation builds a compelling case showing why we must nurture smart, strong and kind children to one day inherit the stewardship of society. Setting out big public policy ideas, enhanced by contributions from academic and campaigning experts, as well as those with lived experience, including London Mayor Sadiq Khan, singer and activist Charlotte Church, and ex-prime minister of Denmark and former CEO of Save the Children International Helle Thorning-Schmidt, this book is a manifesto to deliver our brightest possible future. Reframing political success, it shows why we must prioritise child-centred policies to ensure the future strength of our communities, environment and economy. |
Contents
| 1 | |
2 How did we get here? | 13 |
3 The early years | 36 |
4 Play | 58 |
5 Local spaces | 82 |
6 Education | 105 |
7 Health | 129 |
8 Digital | 153 |
9 Children society fails most | 176 |
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