Articles about child care
Hard Covid decisions ahead – but schools still priority
Last updated: 09/22/2020
Six months to the day after it was announced that Scottish schools would close, Nicola Sturgeon has said that now marks the most critical moment in tackling Covid-19 since...
GAO Report Highlights Child Care Struggles of Student-Parents
Last updated: 09/21/2020
Nearly a quarter of all U.S. undergraduates (4.3 million students, 22 percent) are parenting, and more than half (55 percent) of them are single parents. Yet few schools have...
I’m proud of the word childcare.
Last updated: 09/20/2020
Recently I listened to a practitioner complaining about being described as a childcare worker. It didn’t seem enough to them. What a shame I thought. My entry into the sector...
Focus on Ethics. The Code and COVID-19
Last updated: 09/20/2020
Focus on Ethics. The Code and COVID-19 You are here Home / Resources / Publications / Young Children / September 2020 / Focus on Ethics. The Code and COVID-19 Meir Muller, ...
What Will Happen To Women’s Careers? We Can’t Afford To Wait and See
Last updated: 09/18/2020
Way back in 2013 – seven years ago, but another lifetime – Sheryl Sandberg told women that the key to changing their lot in the workplace was within their control: just lean...
Editorial: Expanding child care will reap benefits
Last updated: 09/17/2020
Editorial: Expanding child care will reap benefits The Virginian-Pilot | Sep 13, 2020 at 6:15 PM In this May 27, 2020 photo, Aaron Rainboth, a teacher at the Frederickson...
Questions You Should Be Asking Childcare Providers During COVID-19
Last updated: 09/17/2020
Link copied and ready to share! Scary Mommy and FatCamera/Getty We all have questions , and lots of them, for those who are charged with caring for our kids. We have them for...
Why I Chose Family, Friend and Neighbor (FFN) Care
Last updated: 09/16/2020
Twenty-two years ago I began the difficult quest of finding a child care provider that I could trust for my six-month-old son. Center-based care for Diego was out of the...
Childcare issues are preventing Britain from fully returning to work
Last updated: 09/15/2020
Forget transport, COVID-19 secure offices, and whether furloughed workers can be dragged away from their gardens. There's one thing stopping Britain getting fully back to work...
Child care crisis pushes US mothers out of the labor force
Last updated: 09/09/2020
Anna Hamilton, 43, center, poses for a photograph with her sons, Henry, 6, left, and Adrian, 7, right, in their home on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Decatur, Ga. Hamilton is taking...