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The following few tips can be of great help at tackling the issue of safely storing common household poisons away from your child’s reach. . . Read More: https://shorturl.at/fsK37 . . #HouseholdPoisons #kidscare #kidssafety #Parenthood #ParentsRelationshipWithChild

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Have you this article from Disability Scoop? It describes the problem families of children with special needs have in finding childcare and highlights a promising program in Ohio. Read the full article at https://lnkd.in/gTygthSb. #housing #specialneeds #specialneedsmom #specialneedsparenting #specialneedskids #specialneedsparents #DisabilityAwareness #disabilityinclusion #disabilitysupport #DisabilityHousing

Opening Families Together In England, a significant transformation in family support and child development is underway with the opening of Family Hubs across 75 areas. These hubs, notably, represent a progressive step in the government's commitment to nurturing the early years of childhood. Serving as multifaceted centers, they provide an array of services under one roof. #EarlyChildhoodDevelopmentSupport #EarlyLanguageDevelopmentResources #FamilyHubsUK #FamilySupportServices #FreeChildcareServicesEngland #GovernmentChildcareSchemesUK #MentalHealthSupportforParents #ParentalSupportPrograms #SENDSupportServices #StartforLifeCampaign

Guardians of Innocence: Nurturing Empowerment through Good Touch and Bad Touch Awareness! In a world where knowledge is power, it's crucial to educate ourselves and our children about the concept of Good Touch and Bad Touch. 🤝✋ Good Touch: It's all about safe, loving, and appropriate physical contact, like hugs, handshakes, and high-fives. It promotes feelings of comfort and trust. 💖 Bad Touch: On the other hand, refers to any physical contact that makes you feel uncomfortable, scared, or violated. It's essential to recognize and speak up about such instances. 🚫🤐 Let's spread awareness, foster open conversations, and create a safe environment for all. Together, we can protect our children and empower them with the knowledge they need! #GoodTouchBadTouch #ChildSafety #ChildProtection #EducateEmpowerProtect #ProtectOurChildren #SafetyFirst #SpeakUp #ChildSafetyMatters #AwarenessIsKey #ParentingTips #SafeChildhood #EndChildAbuse #SpeakOut #SafeHugs #EmpowermentThroughEducation #ProtectingOurFuture #ConsentMatters #KnowledgeIsProtection #SupportingKids #TogetherWeCan #NoToAbuse #CreatingSafeSpaces #PreventionIsKey #RaiseAwareness #ChildAdvocacy #StrongerTogether #ChildRights #GyanodayImpact

We must establish an equity paradigm that promotes investing in the transmission of services to people who need them most. Social equity can have a big impact on childcare, education, housing, food security, disability rights, health and healthcare. #EquityandInclusion #equityandinclusionmatters #socialequity

"Virtually every other industrialized nation provides more government aid for their children than America does. Of the 38 countries that belong to the leading Western trade alliance, the US ranks No. 32 in spending on early childhood. In Sweden, which offers single parents a staggering 480 days of paid parental leave, preschool costs no more than 3% of a family's gross income. America, by contrast, has no mandated paid parental leave. It has no universal childcare. Only one-third of American families can afford childcare, which consumes 27% of their income on average. Parents are being forced to leave big cities because they can't absorb the costs of childcare, while those in rural areas often can't find care at all." #childcare #paidleave #parentalleave

🚀 Excited to share our passion for promoting teamwork and cooperation on the playground! 🤝 As a childcare advocate, we have witnessed the incredible impact of collaborative play on children's social development and lifelong skills. 🧒👧 From engaging team-building games to inclusive play structures, there are countless ways to nurture a cooperative environment where kids can thrive. 🏃♂️💭 By encouraging role-playing games and team sports, we empower our little ones to communicate effectively, problem-solve, and embrace empathy. 🌈💪 Let's reap the benefits of group activities, like improved social skills and enhanced creativity, while fostering a sense of belonging and self-confidence. 🙌 https://lnkd.in/d_zEJU3Z #TeamworkMatters #CooperationInPlay #ChildhoodDevelopment #InclusivePlaygrounds #BuildingFriendships #PlayfulLearning #GrowingTogether #ChildcareAdvocate

Department for Education has today finally launched its response to the National Safeguarding Panel’s report, which was delivered in April of this year. NASS is generally rather underwhelmed by the response and feel it does not go far enough to support providers and the services that work with them to ensure that the abuse experienced by children in Hesley settings never happens again. From our contact with other SEND colleagues, this view appears to be shared by many. The bulk of the response either mentions initiatives which are already planned via either the SEND and AP Improvement plan and Stable Homes or refers to further work to be done with Ofsted / Care Quality Commission, local authorities and others. We are pleased to note that the Government did not reject any of the Panel’s recommendations, although the majority are ‘accepted in principal’ rather than in full and a number of the solutions offered refer back to existing services and processes which, presumably, are not currently strong enough to keep children safe. We would have liked to see further, dedicated investment aimed at disabled children. Providers have been asked to address staff recruitment, retention and training. Our experience is that they have been trying hard to do this for many years but face huge external challenges as a result of the low pay and low status attributed to residential childcare. NASS has long lobbied for a national strategy for the SEND and residential childcare workforces to enable this and we will continue to push for this. https://lnkd.in/en2fhMnc

By nearly every metric, America is a worse place to raise children than any other rich country. And in the past few months, things got even worse for American parents as the government stopped additional funding for childcare centers — 3 million kids newly without childcare. Back in the 1970s a bill to create universal childcare landed on President Nixon's desk. One stroke of the pen and American parents would have had free or affordable childcare options. Instead, Nixon declared that children need to stay at home with their mothers. Cold War fears of communal approaches to childcare continue to plague American parents, who are left bearing the burden of raising their children alone, often pitted against other parents for what little support exists. It's a cruel irony: America needs workers, but American parents can't find or afford the childcare needed to hold down a job. As Lydia Kiesling writes for Business Insider, raising a family was never supposed to take place in isolation. But America burned down the village needed to raise a child. #childcare #parenting #America #children https://lnkd.in/g2RuqgmH