Young wizards at the aptly named Magic Dragon Nursery in Box, Wiltshire, put on hat and robes to celebrate their graduation to 'big school' with a party for family and friends at the end of term.
'The childcare system consists of amateurs without qualifications. We need to have childcare professionally licensed and paid for by the state. I urge mothers to join a mothers' union and radicalise,...
'It is fairly clear from data from different parts of the world that the less time that children spend in group care before three years, the better.' Childcare author Penelope Leach on claims that...
'I remember reading the Dr Spock book on how to bring up your kids and the best tips and tricks for new mothers, but of course the huge problem with this is that your baby hasn't read it' Bestselling...
'Junior education minister Cathy Ashton has had to ask friends to look after her children during Labour conference after failing to find a childminder. She will only have herself to blame if the...
'It's not just that advertisements make him choose a particular brand - they convince him he is hungry as well' Hayley Brown, a hotel manager from Ashford in Kent, on the effect of television...
'"If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys." No, you don't actually; when you pay peanuts, you get workers of almost incomprehendable dedication and fortitude who stick at their immeasurably vital and...
A series of forums for working parents of disabled children is being held by campaigning charity Working Families to find out what support they need from Government and employers. For details contact...
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A child suffering from an asthma attack needs immediate attention. Maggie Jones shows how to deal with an asthmatic child and looks at the likely triggers for an attack Fiona first realised that there...