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The Government has been very keen to stress how important it is to listen to parents' views about smacking, and the results of various polls of the public are used to justify maintaining physical...
It seems that getting the language of early years education and childcare right is a struggle for Government speech writers. Take education secretary Ruth Kelly's words to the IPPR last week (see...
It was very heartening to hear Jane Cole, a member of the DfES Foundation Stage team, pledge last week that outdoor play would be accorded its proper place in the forthcoming framework covering birth...
The amount of state intervention in the lives of individuals is a particularly pointed issue in childcare and parenting, with government interference in all areas constantly referred to as 'the nanny...
The possibility of a child drowning in a hotel swimming pool is unlikely to occur to most parents and carers as they leaf through holiday brochures featuring sunny Mediterranean resorts. But holiday...
The recent closure by Ofsted of a Birmingham nursery, which re-registered after a serious incident took place at the setting two years previously, highlights once again the loophole that allows...
Letter of the week wins 30 worth of children's books A parent at our nursery recently expressed a concern regarding a male member of staff changing their child's nappy. The concern was not a child...
Helen Kewley of Nice Nannies Now in Huntingdon recalls learning something the hard way. 'I shall never forget the very first nanny I ever recruited. My agency had just opened. I was optimistic,...
Children learning English need lots of time to assimilate the language before they speak it A child learns a second language in much the same way that they learned their first language. Practitioners...