During the 17 years I have been associated with childcare, the private sector has suffered many prejudices. One aspect of this prejudice is found in the way the popular press, in particular the Daily Mail, continue to promote the view that 'a women's place is in the home', and 'nurseries cause harm to your children'.
Over the past 50 years we have educated women on an even footing with men, and as a result they now take their rightful place in all aspects of the general workplace. In addition, changes in economic expectation make the need for two incomes into the average household more the rule than the exception.
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