Fears over safety stop children from playing outside
4 August 2010
New figures released for Playday 2010 suggest that half of all adults think it is unsafe to let a child play outside without supervision.
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Only children don't have fewer friends
18 August 2010
Growing up without siblings does not mean that a child will have poor social skills later in life, said researchers from Ohio State University who told the American Sociological Association's...
Movie superheroes 'make bad role models for boys'
18 August 2010
Today's superheroes are too violent to be good role models for boys, says a leading psychologist.
Babies' colour preferences investigated
18 August 2010
Families are being asked to take part in a new study to find out how babies develop preferences for different colours.
Britain's first official reading dog gets to work
28 July 2010
Five-year-olds Robert Prue, Frankie Manners and Connor Ward from Arden Forest Infant School in Bedworth, Warwickshire, share a book with Batman, a former racing greyhound, who is Britain's first official...
Baby takes part in brain study
21 January 2010
Four-month-old Matai Reid from Durham took part in a brain study last week to help psychologists at Durham University understand how autism develops in babies.
Rise in number of fathers who give up work for childcare
7 April 2010
The number of stay at home dads in the UK has increased by ten fold over the last decade, a survey of 1,000 parents has found.
Review will examine how early intervention can support most disadvantaged children
28 July 2010
An independent review into early intervention has been launched by the Government, with the aim of finding out how to break the cycle of disadvantage for the most vulnerable young...
Sector quick to respond to the EYFS review
7 July 2010
Early years organisations and the childcare workforce have given a mixed reaction to the announcement by children's minister Sarah Teather that the Government is to review the Early Years Foundation...
Review of the Early Years Foundation Stage
6 July 2010
Follow the Government's progress on the reform of the EYFS.
