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Sure Start works better for parents than for children

Friday, July 20, 2012

| Nursery World

Sure Start local programmes have had more impact on parents than children, the latest findings from the national evaluation of Sure Start show.

Children's centres must sharpen focus on parenting to boost child development

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

| Nursery World

Parenting and improving parents' lives should be given as much focus as children's health and development, according to new guidance for children's centres.

Bookstart campaign encourages parents to enjoy books with babies

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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

| Nursery World

More than six out of ten parents of babies never share books with them, according to new research.

Interview - Andrea Leadsom MP

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Friday, May 11, 2012

| Nursery World

Andrea Leadsom MP for South Northamptonshire and founder of the Northamptonshire Parent Infant Partnership (NorPIP).

Training to help staff support parents to manage children's weight

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

| Nursery World

Children's centre staff in Wandsworth and Lewisham will be taught how to raise the issue of tackling childhood obesity with families, as part of a new programme commissioned by the NHS.

Depressed dads pass on negativity to their babies

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Friday, April 13, 2012

| Nursery World

Fathers with postnatal depression are more likely to pass problems onto their children as they tend to be more negative and focused on themselves, according to a new study.

Parents learn from other parents how to deal with children's bad behaviour

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Thursday, March 15, 2012

| Nursery World

Children with disruptive behaviour problems and their parents can benefit from peer-led parenting classes, claims a new study.

Local authorities to pilot payment-by-results in children's centres

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

| Nursery World

Children's centres will be paid according to the take-up of free nursery education among disadvantaged two and three-year-olds, in plans unveiled by children's minister Sarah Teather.

Poor parenting linked to 'bad behaviour' in young children

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Monday, February 27, 2012

| Nursery World

Children whose parents use 'negative discipline' are twice as likely to have severe behaviour problems, according to new research.

Babies are people

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

| Nursery World

All peope have rights, so what about babies' rights? asks Penelope Leach Ph.D, C.Psychol, FBPsS

Penelope Leach backs NSPCC babies' rights campaign

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

| Nursery World

The NSPCC is calling for babies' rights to be better protected under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), as part of its 'All Babies Count' campaign.

One in four babies in families with 'multiple risks' to development

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Monday, February 6, 2012

| Nursery World

More than a quarter of children in the UK are growing up in families with a number of difficulties, including financial hardship and parental depression, that are risking their cognitive and behavioural development, according to new research.

'Natural' for breastfed babies to cry more

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

| Nursery World

Babies who are breastfed are more likely to be irritable than bottle-fed babies, according to a new study.

Secret to instilling a love of fruit and veg in young children revealed

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

| Nursery World

Children are more likely to eat the food on their plate if there are seven different items and six different colours, finds a new study.

New resource for practitioners to encourage parents to read with their children

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

| Nursery World

The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education has launched a new campaign to help practitioners and parents instil a love of reading and books in children before they start school.

The Big Picture: The art of motherhood

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Monday, December 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Illustrations of mothers and their babies underwater are among works of art displayed in a new exhibition of the work of Quentin Blake at the Foundling Museum in London next year.

Study analyses children's tantrums

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

| Nursery World

Children's temper tantrums have the same pattern and rhythm to them, and when understood can help practitioners and parents to calm down children, suggests a new study.

Parents asked for views on progress checks for two-year-olds

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Friday, November 25, 2011

| Nursery World

Parents of two-year-olds in England are being asked for their views on the development check, due to be introduced for children between two-and-a-half and three.

Charities share 1.2m for early intervention projects

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

| Nursery World

Three charities that work with pre-school children and their families will receive 400,000 each through the Impetus-Sutton Early Years initiative.

Rise in the number of pre-school children taking part in library activities

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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

| Nursery World

More children under five are visiting libraries to take part in children's events than four years ago, new research suggests.

New guidelines on how much toddlers should eat and drink

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

| Nursery World

New guidance for childcare and health professionals about portion sizes for one - to three-year-olds has been published by an independent group of leading nutritionists and child health experts.

Chair named for UK's biggest birth study

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

| Nursery World

The Birth Cohort study into the lives of 90,000 babies and children will be chaired by Professor Dame Janet Finch.

Signs of autism in children highlighted in new guidance from NICE

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Monday, October 3, 2011

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners could learn to recognise autism in children with the help of new guidance developed by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE).

Wanted: First-time parents for film

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Monday, September 26, 2011

| Nursery World

The Fatherhood Institute is looking for first-time parents to feature in a film to explore the ways mums and dads interact with their babies.

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Sure Start works better for parents than for children

Children's centres must sharpen focus on parenting to boost child development

Bookstart campaign encourages parents to enjoy books with babies

Interview - Andrea Leadsom MP

Training to help staff support parents to manage children's weight

Depressed dads pass on negativity to their babies

Parents learn from other parents how to deal with children's bad behaviour

Local authorities to pilot payment-by-results in children's centres

Poor parenting linked to 'bad behaviour' in young children

Babies are people

Penelope Leach backs NSPCC babies' rights campaign

One in four babies in families with 'multiple risks' to development

'Natural' for breastfed babies to cry more

Secret to instilling a love of fruit and veg in young children revealed

New resource for practitioners to encourage parents to read with their children

The Big Picture: The art of motherhood

Study analyses children's tantrums

Parents asked for views on progress checks for two-year-olds

More parents reading to young children for pleasure

Charities share 1.2m for early intervention projects

Rise in the number of pre-school children taking part in library activities

New guidelines on how much toddlers should eat and drink

Chair named for UK's biggest birth study

Signs of autism in children highlighted in new guidance from NICE

Wanted: First-time parents for film

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