Children's minister Beverley Hughes launched the report of a study byOxford University on the DCSF-funded Early Learning Partnership Project(ELPP) on the 25 June at the annual conference of the Family andParenting Institute (FPI). The FPI ran ELPP with the aim of creatingfamily-based educational support through voluntary sector agencies.
Ms Hughes said, 'We're not generally dealing with "negligent" or "bad"parenting". She said parents needed 'practical ideas, advice andconfidence to do the right things at the right time', adding thatservices were starting to see adults as parents rather than clients.
Authors Maria Evangelou, Kathy Sylva, Anne Edwards and Teresa Smithspoke about the report to Nursery World.
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