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Use of cigarettes and alcohol by pre-schoolers while role-playing as adults

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  • Wednesday, September 14, 2005
    • | Nursery World
In this US study, 120 two- to six-year-olds participated individually in role-play, selecting items from a miniature grocery store stocked with 73 different products, including beer, wine, and cigarettes, for an evening with friends. Thirty-four children (28.3%) bought cigarettes and 74 (61.7%) bought alcohol. They were more likely to buy cigarettes if their parents smoked, and buy beer or wine if their parents drank alcohol at least monthly or if they viewed PG-13- or R-rated movies. Their play suggests they have well-established perceptions about how cigarettes and alcohol fit into social settings, which may relate to behaviours adopted later in life. Dalton, M A and others. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 159(9):854-859, Sept 2005. Abstract: http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/

Baby came too

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  • Wednesday, March 27, 2002
    • | Nursery World
What's it like to go back to nannying after you have your own child? Helen Kewley talks to the nannies who combine work with motherhood When my agency first started in the 1980s I encountered a lot of prejudice against the idea of a nanny bringing her own child to work. Such requests were met with comments such as 'I'm not paying someone to look after her own child in my time' or 'I don't see how my children will get any attention if her child is there.'

A likely lad

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  • Wednesday, October 23, 2002
    • | Nursery World
The Conservative Party's policy document 'The Conveyor Belt to Crime' (News, 3 October) provides some interesting food for thought. Can we go back and see what young Jeffrey Archer was like at the age of five, and see if anyone then could tell he was heading for a life of crime?

Take a peek

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  • Wednesday, September 14, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Discover the learning opportunities in a surprising assortment of books featuring holes with activities from Helen Bromley In this, the second part of a project on holes, I want to look at some learning opportunities that might be explored by using a selection of books that have holes in them.

Unreasonable law

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  • Wednesday, October 23, 2002
    • | Nursery World
There is growing concern among professionals working with families that the current law of 'reasonable chastisement', dating back to 1860, neither protects children nor supports parents. Children, as the smallest and weakest in our society, deserve the same protection from being hit as adults. Most parents do not want to hit and are crying out for help with alternatives, rather than an archaic 'right'

Ask the expert

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  • Wednesday, September 14, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Your legal questions answered by Christine Betts, senior lawyer, schools and childcare team, Veale Wasbrough Lawyers Q I like to take the children in my nursery on occasional outings, to a local park or even on a special coach trip. Am I liable if anything goes wrong?

Quality of playwork training under fire

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  • Wednesday, July 6, 2005
    • | Nursery World
The playwork sector is in danger of becoming a 'diluted workforce' unless the quality of play qualifications improves, according to a playwork educator. Speaking at last month's conference of the London Centre for Playwork Education and Training, Phillip Smith, training and development officer for the early years and childcare section in Wandsworth, London, said, 'Some of the new qualifications - in particular the CACHE Level 2 Certificate in Playwork and to an extent the Diploma in Playwork - are very weak in terms of aspects of child and adolescent development, and the level of evidence required to pass them is low.

Dr Tanya Byron

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  • Wednesday, July 6, 2005
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Dr Tanya Byron, presenter of the BBC TV series 'Little Angels', congratulates the winners of the Croydon Childcare Stars Awards, organised by the Croydon Early Years and Childcare Section. At a glittering ceremony at the Croydon Hilton she met award winners (left to right) Phillipa Liard, inclusive childminder of the year; Cecilie Jolle, childminder of the year; Trish Milles, manager of Addiscombe Childcare Centre, inclusive childcare team of the year; Farheen Zaidi, early years childcarer of the year; and Denise Nwako, on behalf of Robert Foley, playworker of the year from Addiscombe Kids Club. Photograph by Photo Robin Hammond/iconphotos

National Sure Start Month

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  • Wednesday, July 6, 2005
    • | Nursery World
More than a million children and parents took part in the 5,000 events held across the country in June to celebrate National Sure Start Month, the Pre-school Learning Alliance, the charity leading the event, announced last week. As part of the celebrations Sure Start asked various politicians, influential figures in the early years sector and celebrities to recount their early years experiences. Their contributions can be seen on the website www.nationalsurestartmonth.com.

My week at work: Getting around

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  • Tuesday, October 22, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Debbie Ward, training manager (education) at Leapfrog Day Nurseries, clocks up the miles as she visits the chain's settings

Core of a community

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  • Wednesday, September 14, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Currently there is a climate of fear and mistrust, where sections of the community are being set against each other by the actions of a small minority. But it is good to see in the East West Children's Centre an example of how well a community can live together, accepting their differences and recognising their similarities. This centre started out as a playgroup more than 20 years ago, offering the chance for children and their parents to meet and play together three mornings a week. It remains a voluntary organisation, but has changed over the years into the daycare part of a designated children's centre. It is based on the Abingdon school site, working closely with the statutory services through the Sure Start local programme.

Hands off!

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  • Wednesday, September 7, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Consultation is under way on the latest Government proposals for the regulation of out-of-school childcare. As Simon Vevers reports, the sector is far from impressed Government plans to deregulate group childcare for six- and seven-year-olds have stirred passions and protests, particularly from practitioners and providers in the out-of-school sector. One objector has labelled facilitating unregulated services for that age group as 'tantamount to child abuse'.

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