Care advisors pour scorn on smacking plan
17 August 2000
Plans drawn up south of the border to allow childminders to smack the children in their care have been met with derision in Scotland.
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Advisors slam 'watered down' care proposals
17 August 2000
The Government's proposal that half the staff in all daycare settings should be qualified to NVQ2 level - rather than NVQ3, as is already the case in many local authorities...
The low down - care standards
10 August 2000
The Government's proposals for the new Ofsted 'care' inspections have
provoked accusations of a lowering of standards, says Ruth Thomson
Little helper - Ezra family resource centre
10 August 2000
Alison Mercer reports on a centre for vulnerable children which also reaches out to help parents
Step by step - monitoring progress
10 August 2000
Tracking the progress of a toddler requires methods which go beyond a simple reliance on words, says Jennie Lindon
A man's place - dad's at birth
10 August 2000
The advent of the doula as a new form of childcarer has focused attention on whether fathers are a help or hindrance at a baby's birth.
Move on up - choosing the next step
10 August 2000
You want to extend your work skills, but which way to go? Meg Jones gives an overview of training options and considers the possible reasons for choosing them
Recipe for success - cookery for children
10 August 2000
A new cookery initiative aims to give children some food for thought, as well as useful skills.
Big boys reading - school library visits
3 August 2000
Who would have thought that two 14-year-old boys would get a kick out of reading to nursery children? And that the rest of Year 10 at their school was queuing...
Pearly White - teeth
3 August 2000
Figures published by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys in 1994 and 1995 show that four per cent of children aged two already have some decay. By the age...
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