Sector slams DfE for failing to address 30-hour childcare challenges
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Early years sector organisations have warned that the Government is putting the 30-hour childcare policy in jeopardy by failing to listen to providers’ concerns.
The National Day Nurseries Association has...
Introducing use-it-or-lose-it leave for fathers would make life fairer for mothers
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It is still the prevailing view in Australia that child care is a woman's responsibility. We have the baby, take maternity leave, and if we go back to work it is usually part time. When a man becomes a father...
Family policies in Scandinavia
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•Denmark, Norway and Sweden have all invested heavily in the creation of generous welfare states and have managed over time to develop encompassing and generous family policies for child families.
•With the...
Sustaining fertility through public policy: The range of options
ABSTRACT
Fertility: Fewer children, older moms
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Let's see, your great-grandfather was 1 of 7 children. Your grandmother was 1 of 4 children and you are 1 of 3 kids. You are thinking of having 1 or 2 kids, or, if you happen to be a statistician, that's...
The child as an indicator species for cities: reflections on Philadelphia
This post starts by sharing an op-ed piece of mine published in the Philadelphia Enquirer last week to coincide with my trip to the city. It is followed by a postscript with reflections on the visit. I’ve also inserted...
Province’s child care affordability study to be led by U of T prof
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Queen's Park has tapped University of Toronto economics professor Gordon Cleveland to lead a review of child care affordability in Ontario and suggest ways to make the service less costly for families.
And...
After 30 years... How is child care in Canada doing and where to next?
Description
The Canadian Child Care Federation's summer edition of Interaction features five lively and timely discussions between leaders in the ECEC sector as well as a retrospective piece from Martha Friendly in a...
Reconciliation of work and private life: A comparative review of thirty European countries
Introduction
Study of early education and development (SEED): Impact study on early education use and child outcomes up to age three
Executive summary
