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23 December 2004
By Vicki Shotbolt, communications director, National
Family and Parenting Institute Marketers are after our children, and Christmas
brings even more pressure. Evidence suggests that marketers and advertising
agencies target children...
23 December 2004
For too long we have just sat back and taken what has
been dished out to us. So good for the Scottish nursery nurses in their ongoing
strike action for...
23 December 2004
The treatment I have received from colleagues has
ranged from being ignored, to conversations stopping as I walked in the room. I
have also been handed Unison forms and 'asked'...
23 December 2004
I think all nursery nurses in Scotland should be on the
same national salary. Unison should not have allowed local deals to take place,
for then we would all be...
23 December 2004
Children should have more time to enjoy play-based
learning. When children have the whole world to explore, we childcare workers
should be encouraging them to ask questions and try out...
23 December 2004
Nursery nurses definitely deserve more pay. But all the
income to run a private day nursery comes solely from the children's parents.
The Government wants good quality, affordable childcare. Yet...
23 December 2004
At first sight Nursery World's pay survey for the early
years workforce looks like good news. Pay has risen by a third in five years,
hooray! Then you look closer...
23 December 2004
I watched 'Nurseries Undercover' and cried. I've
trained and worked with children for nearly 13 years. I feel betrayed by these
people and disgusted by their actions, which were against...
23 December 2004
I feel 'Nurseries Undercover' was one-sided and
sensationalised. Yes, the footage was appalling and the staff in question
should not be working with children. However, our job is hard enough...
23 December 2004
The only way to judge a childcare setting is for Ofsted
to arrive unannounced for inspections. It may be inconvenient for settings, but
we have a duty to children in...
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