Social commentator and university professor, Frank Furedi, says that the "sub-cultures gathering around these networks will become very powerful".

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Social commentator Frank Furedi, emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent said parents were under "enormous pressure" from schools and society to mould their children and oversee their achievements.

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Sociologist Dr Frank Furedi has studied the long-term effects of children going through the court process, and he warns that children are being manipulated by embittered parents when they bring cases.

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