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Shared parental leave and pay - equalizing opportunities?

EXCERPTS With reports citing that only 1% of those eligible took a period of shared...

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Choice: a slippery word in the Ford government's hands

EXCERPTS “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, “it means...

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A comparison of international child care and US child care using the Child Care Aware - NACCRRA Child Care Benchmarks

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The First Five Years of a Child's Life Provide the Blueprint for their Cognitive Well Being Throughout Life....

In the first six years of life, our genes are particularly sensitive to the environment. The interaction of nature and nurture “sculpts” the developing brain and other key biological systems. The regions of the brain that are highly sensitive to the environment during this period include all the basic competencies that we need to thrive throughout life, such as vision, hearing, emotional control, and cognitive competencies to interpret symbols and language.

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