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In My View - Providers and parents

    Features
  • Tuesday, September 28, 2010
  • | Nursery World
One of the biggest changes in the world of work has been the increase in women combining having a family and having a job. It is estimated that in the UK, two out of three families have both parents working, usually one full-time and the other part-time.

Parents - Growing attachment

    Features
  • Monday, October 5, 2015
  • | Nursery World
Some nurseries are now running parenting classes on attachment. So how should nursery practitioners, who lack clinical experience, broach such an important subject? Hannah Crown reports.

DfE backs new family friendly initiative

    News
  • Tuesday, February 1, 2011
  • | Nursery World
Nurseries and children's centres will be encouraged to pledge to make their services more family-friendly as part of a new project by the Family and Parenting Institute, backed by the Department for Education.

In My View - Once in a lullaby

    Features
  • Tuesday, March 15, 2011
  • | Nursery World
There is something truly wonderful about the fact that children and carers today still love to sing 'Baa Baa Black Sheep'. The first written version of this song appeared in a book of nursery rhymes back in 1744. That makes it a very old sheep indeed. In a world where huge technological changes are occurring on an almost daily basis, it's comforting to know that some things last.

To the point - How flexible can we be?

    Features
  • Tuesday, March 29, 2011
  • | Nursery World
The Daycare Trust report, 'Open All Hours? Flexible childcare in the 24/7 era', published last week (News, 24 March), found that parents struggle to find childcare at weekends, evenings and overnight.

Childcare fees struggling to match costs

    News
  • Friday, March 2, 2012
  • | Nursery World
Nurseries and childminders have been sharing their experiences following last week's publication of the Daycare Trust's annual childcare costs survey, which revealed the growing gap between parents' wages and childcare fees.

Nursery Management: Poverty - Destined for failure?

    Features
  • Monday, September 21, 2015
  • | Nursery World
Early years practitioners know that part of their job is reducing the disadvantage gap. But what do they really think of poor children? Dr Donald Simpson, who has led a two-year study into practitioners'perceptions of poverty, reports.

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