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There are several key factors that greatly influence and can improve the experiences of under-threes in childcare Relationships

Relationships

Babies and young children are social beings who need warm, affectionate, supportive relationships with the people who care for them and other people that they encounter on a daily basis in the home or the childcare setting.

They also find pleasure in the company of other children, so for example an 11-month-old might enjoy peeping through the porthole in the room divider at another young baby, or an 18-month-old might always want to be near his friend when he arrives at the setting.

Similarly, young children sometimes show that they feel upset when another child is sad, or will empathise with another by protectively putting an arm around a child who has fallen over.

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