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A new report highlights the need for digital support for parents and families, and the importance of developing a ‘cohesive and aligned learning community that surrounds a child’.

‘The Role of the Family in Early Years Education’ report is published by The Children’s Alliance, which brings together individuals and organisations to work together to provide brighter futures for children throughout the UK.

MP proposes changes to Healthy Start sign-up process to ensure ‘no baby or infant goes without’

Sponsored by online learning platform Babbu, it makes a number of specific ‘demands’ to ensure early years education is fit for the challenges of the 21^st century.

They include for:

‘The post 1945 concept of nuclear families wasn’t relevant at the time and is even less so in 2023’.

Tamsin Brewis, director of The Children’s Alliance, said, ‘The post 1945 historic concept of nuclear families with men at work and women at home “minding” their children wasn’t fully representative at the time.

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