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Fathers' rights campaign launched

    News
  • Tuesday, February 23, 2010
  • | Nursery World
A month-long campaign called Dads at Work, by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills and supported by the DCSF, aims to make fathers more aware of their rights. Posters and leaflets will be distributed to antenatal clinics and GP surgeries.

Opinion: To the point - Friends of the family

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 16, 2010
  • | Nursery World
Families are in the sights of Government and political parties at the moment and as the general election gets closer, policies for families will be more and more in the spotlight.

Opinion: In my view - Mind the duty of care

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 16, 2010
  • | Nursery World
Childminders are a key component of the wraparound provision that the Government rightly prioritised in its ten-year childcare strategy. Schools need to recognise this valuable contribution that childminders make to some pupils' lives.

Vocabulary of poorer children 'lags a year behind'

    News
  • Tuesday, February 16, 2010
  • | Nursery World
Children growing up in the poorest families are almost a year behind middle-income families in their vocabulary levels by the time they start school, according to research commissioned by educational charity the Sutton Trust.

A unique child: Resilience: Staying strong

    Features
  • Tuesday, February 9, 2010
  • | Nursery World
Early years practitioners can do much to help children living amid domestic violence to develop resilience and see that there are other ways for people to relate to each other, writes Karen Stephens.

Engaging fathers

    News
  • Tuesday, February 9, 2010
  • | Nursery World
Most fathers are 'good enough' but some still need more help, says a study by the National Academy for Parenting Practitioners.

Childcare voucher users profiled

    News
  • Tuesday, February 9, 2010
  • | Nursery World
Eight out of ten users of childcare vouchers are basic-rate taxpayers representing all occupational and socio-economic groups, says a report by the Social Market Foundation. Vouchers are used more by lone parents than couples and manual and unskilled workers use them the most. The report comes after the Labour party abandoned plans to end childcare vouchers.

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