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Health and wellbeing study given 33.5m

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

| Nursery World

A 33.5m project is to follow the lives of 90,000 British children from birth to find out more about what factors affect health and happiness in society.

Parents learn from other parents how to deal with children's bad behaviour

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Thursday, March 15, 2012

| Nursery World

Children with disruptive behaviour problems and their parents can benefit from peer-led parenting classes, claims a new study.

Children's centres must sharpen focus on parenting to boost child development

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

| Nursery World

Parenting and improving parents' lives should be given as much focus as children's health and development, according to new guidance for children's centres.

Health visitors flag up rise in children with language delay

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

| Nursery World

New figures show that health visitors are increasingly seeing children with delayed language.

Spending family time together key to developing children's language skills, say parents

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Thursday, June 2, 2011

| Nursery World

More than 60 per cent of parents believe that talking at home is the most important factor for developing young children's communication skills, a new survey suggests.

Books at home boost 'school readiness'

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Thursday, July 7, 2011

| Nursery World

Reading and talking to young children at home helps prepare them for school, according to a new study.

Wanted: First-time parents for film

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Monday, September 26, 2011

| Nursery World

The Fatherhood Institute is looking for first-time parents to feature in a film to explore the ways mums and dads interact with their babies.

Parents asked for views on progress checks for two-year-olds

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Friday, November 25, 2011

| Nursery World

Parents of two-year-olds in England are being asked for their views on the development check, due to be introduced for children between two-and-a-half and three.

Reversible buggies find overwhelming support among mothers

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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

| Nursery World

Most parents would like to be able to easily change the way their child faces in their pushchair, suggests a study published today.

Interview - Mary Gordon

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Friday, December 7, 2012

| Nursery World

Founder of the Roots of Empathy programme which was officially launched in England last month.

Children left to watch TV alone

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

| Nursery World

Around 93 per cent of parents in the UK let their young children watch television, with 42 per cent believing it is a great way for children to learn, according to a new poll.

Smartphone app boosts pre-school children's development

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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

| Nursery World

An app to help parents support their children’s learning has been found to have a positive impact on children’s development, skills and abilities.

New documentary series explores the life of babies

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Monday, February 17, 2020

| Nursery World

A new Netflix documentary series follows 15 babies during their first year of life to discover the processes behind each developmental step.

Lack of breakfast linked with childhood obesity

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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

| Nursery World

Children who regularly skip breakfast before going to school are nearly twice as likely to be obese compared with those who eat something before they leave home, according to a new study.

Sure Start works better for parents than for children

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Friday, July 20, 2012

| Nursery World

Sure Start local programmes have had more impact on parents than children, the latest findings from the national evaluation of Sure Start show.

Home-cooked food best to instill love of fruit and veg in young children

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

| Nursery World

Babies weaned on home-cooked vegetables are more likely to eat them as children, according to new research.

Lottery to invest 165m in early years projects

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Thursday, November 1, 2012

| Nursery World

Up to 10,000 babies and children under three will be offered support through a range of early intervention projects funded by 165m in lottery funding.

Charity launches school-readiness resources for families

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Monday, August 15, 2016

| Nursery World

Free activity sheets to support children’s school readiness have been published by a national family support charity.

Project to prepare families for school ‘a success’

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Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

A project that links childcare providers and schools together has proved successful in preparing parents and children for what to expect before they start Reception.

Sharing picture books boosts infants' development

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Thursday, December 18, 2014

| Nursery World

Sharing books could significantly improve the development of toddlers living in the poorest parts of the world, according to a new study by the University of Reading.

Legal status of health visitors must be restored, says union

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

| Nursery World

Health visiting needs to be recognised in law as a profession to avoid more tragedies like the case of Baby P, says the health visitors' union Unite.

Government sets out plans to eradicate child poverty

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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

| Nursery World

Ministers are asking for voluntary organisations, charities and local communities to contribute to a consultation on developing a long-term strategy to end child poverty.

Interview - Andrea Leadsom MP

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Friday, May 11, 2012

| Nursery World

Andrea Leadsom MP for South Northamptonshire and founder of the Northamptonshire Parent Infant Partnership (NorPIP).

Depressed dads pass on negativity to their babies

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Friday, April 13, 2012

| Nursery World

Fathers with postnatal depression are more likely to pass problems onto their children as they tend to be more negative and focused on themselves, according to a new study.

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Health and wellbeing study given 33.5m

Parents learn from other parents how to deal with children's bad behaviour

Children's centres must sharpen focus on parenting to boost child development

Health visitors flag up rise in children with language delay

Spending family time together key to developing children's language skills, say parents

Books at home boost 'school readiness'

Wanted: First-time parents for film

More parents reading to young children for pleasure

Parents asked for views on progress checks for two-year-olds

Reversible buggies find overwhelming support among mothers

Interview - Mary Gordon

Children left to watch TV alone

Smartphone app boosts pre-school children's development

New documentary series explores the life of babies

Lack of breakfast linked with childhood obesity

Sure Start works better for parents than for children

Home-cooked food best to instill love of fruit and veg in young children

Lottery to invest 165m in early years projects

Charity launches school-readiness resources for families

Project to prepare families for school ‘a success’

Sharing picture books boosts infants' development

Legal status of health visitors must be restored, says union

Government sets out plans to eradicate child poverty

Interview - Andrea Leadsom MP

Depressed dads pass on negativity to their babies

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