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A project to help teenage parents with childcare and so continue with their education or obtain employment is proving its worth, writes Catherine Gaunt
Parents will be able to make online checks on the background of any prospective nanny under new legislation to vet all those working with children. Under measures set out in the Safeguarding...
An extra 4.5 million parents of children aged 16 and under can now request flexible working, under Government rules brought in on Monday. Previously only parents of children under six had the right to...
Flexible working arrangements are not accessible to the parents who need them most, such as lone or low-paid mothers, new research has found.
What should a nursery do if approached by a separated parent with a grievance? Christine Betts offers advice Over 150,000 relationships involving children break down every year. Early years providers...
Children’s charity Barnardo’s is launching a new ‘Five to thrive’ training programme for its early years staff to help them support the development and life chances of babies under one.
The majority of parents in a new survey view parenting advice from formal sources as intrusive and are more likely to turn to friends and family for support. The Economic and Social Research Council...
Having read recent letters criticising playgroup committees, I want to voice my support for these hardworking volunteers. Further to 'Ruling committees' (2 October), I should think the committee that...
Plans to extend flexible working and to lower the age for receiving the adult minimum wage to 21 will be included in Labour's next election manifesto, ministers agreed last weekend.
Parents rely heavily on informal childcare, with two-thirds saying that their children's grandparents have been the main providers, a survey conducted for the Scottish Executive has found.