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Parent’s Guide - Getting dressed

Monday, October 1, 2018

| Nursery World

What to expect from your child’s dressing skills and how to encourage them, with some book suggestions on the topic. By Annette Rawstrone

Working with Parents: Single Handed

Features

Monday, September 17, 2018

| Nursery World

How can early years settings support single fathers and make them feel included without being patronising? Charlotte Goddard investigates

Millions of children in families too poor to afford a healthy diet

News

Thursday, September 6, 2018

| Nursery World

Close to 4 million children are in households that can’t afford enough fruit, vegetables and other healthy foods to meet Government nutritional guidelines.

Poorer parents feel patronised by targeted 'school readiness' classes

News

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

| Nursery World

New research warns that attempts to ensure all children are 'school ready' is being undermined by targeted support, which alienates disadvantaged families.

Damning report highlights major problems with universal credit

News

Friday, June 15, 2018

| Nursery World

The government spending watchdog warns universal credit is pushing claimants into rent arrears, and urges ministers to fix the system before rolling it out nationally.

Use Eastenders to teach good parenting, professor tells MPs

News

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

| Nursery World

Professor Edward Melhuish has suggested that good parenting behaviours could be demonstrated by Eastenders characters to teach families how to parent well.

Working with parents - A certain age

Features

Monday, May 14, 2018

| Nursery World

With more children being born to older mothers, it is important practitioners understand their unique needs, finds Charlotte Goddard in the first of an occasional series

Continuing struggle for parents to find a 30 hours place

News

Friday, April 13, 2018

| Nursery World

The latest DfE figures on 30-hour codes for the summer term show 50,000 parents who have been issued a code have not had it validated, suggesting an increasing struggle to find a childcare place.

Treasury Committee calls for action on 30 hours underfunding in scathing assessment of policy

News

Sunday, March 25, 2018

| Nursery World

A new Treasury Committee report strongly recommends an increase in 30 hours funding rates as it sets out wide-ranging criticisms of current Government childcare policies.

MPs call for reform of workplace policies to support fathers

News

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

| Nursery World

The Women and Equalities Committee is urging the Government to bring in 12 weeks' paid paternity leave for fathers because current policies do not meet the needs of families.

Just half of three- and four-year-olds are read to every day

News

Friday, February 23, 2018

| Nursery World

New research shows that the number of pre-school children being read to daily at home has fallen by a fifth since 2013.

Positive Relationships: Working with Parents - A good start

Features

Monday, February 19, 2018

| Nursery World

How Midlothian Sure Start is helping new fathers who require extra support. By Annette Rawstrone

Working parents 'pushed to breaking point' by long hours culture

News

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

| Nursery World

New research suggests that parents are having to turn down promotions and stall their careers because the UK's long hours culture is putting a strain on family life.

Lack of affordable childcare costing mothers £1.2bn a year in lost earnings

News

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

| Nursery World

Mothers are losing more than a billion pounds in earnings every year because a lack of high-quality, affordable childcare prevents them from working or increasing their hours, finds a charity.