Nannies and parents may have scarcely believed their ears when Chancellor Gordon Brown, delivering this month's Budget, said, 'Support for childcare costs should include help with approved childcare...
Our news item about the nanny filmed abusing children on a surveillance camera in last month's issue caught the eye of E Cruickshank of Bromley, Kent. She writes, 'If I found out that the family I...
Mothers in a parent and baby group in Wandsworth, London, have been coming immaculately dressed for the children's weekly fitness and music class since Take That star and local resident Mark Owen...
Labour has accused the Government of wasting thousands of pounds on parenting classes after figures revealed that just 4 per cent of eligible parents in the pilot areas took part.
A landmark bill published last week will make it a legal duty for Government, local authorities and other organisations to help end child poverty across the UK.
Seven children's centres in Stoke-on-Trent have been saved from the axe following local opposition to council proposals to close them.
Playworkers have greeted with a sigh of relief the announcement of a 155m programme for children's play in England, paid for by the Big Lottery Fund. Only two months ago they feared a drain on funds...
With the twos programme set to expand its offering this September, Dr Julian Grenier looks at some of the problems with the scheme and suggests how the Government might tackle them.
Childcare's role amid poverty By Lucinda Platt, University of Essex
Security and affection are essential to young children, says Jennie Lindon in her new series on the principles behind Birth to Three Matters Babies and young children have significant needs wherever...