Government plans to improve childcare, safeguard vulnerable children and extend parental rights were outlined in the Queen's Speech last week, revealing the 44 bills to be discussed during the next...
The recession has arrested the decline in childminder numbers as more families choose them over more expensive nurseries, but the support they receive has reduced, writes Mary Evans.
Parents of disabled children have been left without vital care and support during lockdown, a survey by the Disabled Children’s Partnership (DCP) has found.
Some children who are diagnosed with autism when they are young lose the symptoms and the diagnosis as they grow older, according to a new study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health in...
More than one million children with special educational needs (SEN) could lose their right to mainstream education under changes within the Children and Families Bill, a charity has warned.
A leading children's charity has called for the families of babies and toddlers to be given more support in order to protect infants from being harmed or killed by parents in times of great stress....
More than 80 charities, experts in early childhood development, celebrities and parents have signed an open letter calling on the Prime Minister to provide better support for young children and their...
The experiences of 'millions of ordinary families' are the subject of a round-up of research into parenting published this week.
Children and families can step into the magical kingdom of Narnia this Christmas for a bewitching production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
The extent to which children's centres are changing in the face of local authority cuts and Coalition Government policy is highlighted in the latest report from the Evaluation of Children's Centres in...