childcare and working mums
Childminders ‘forced out of business’
Daily Telegraph, 3 November 2009
Record numbers of childminders are being forced out of business, just 12 months after the introduction of Labour’s compulsory “nappy curriculum”, figures suggest.
Why don’t more dads work part-time?
Guardian, 21 October 2009
Nearly two-thirds of fathers would like to spend less time at work and more time at home. What's stopping them? And what do those dads who have made the career sacrifice feel about their decision? By Stuart Jeffries.
Working fathers want more time with their children too, says report
Guardian, 20 October 2009
Working fathers are struggling to juggle the competing demands of family and career, according to an EHRC report that shows that they are just as uneasy with their work-life balance as mothers.
Working dads have a rethink – hurrah!
Guardian, 20 October 2009
A report revealing that men also want help to balance jobs and fatherhood is cheering reading for all working parents. By Joanna Moorhead.
Reciprocal childcare allowed to continue
The Times (London), 13 October 2009
Ed Balls intervenes after jobshare police officers were told they were breaking the law.
Innocent or guilty in front of the webcam
The Times (London), 5 October 2009
The internet is not the problem. By Helen Rumbelow.
Singletons pick up parents’ slack at work
Alpha Mummy, 2 October 2009
By Jennifer Howze.
Gordon Brown is missing the point on childcare
Daily Telegraph, 30 September 2009
Whatever he said in his speech, Gordon Brown's Government has made life difficult for working mothers, says Melanie McDonagh.
Two policewomen’s crawling babies are nothing to do with Ofsted
The Times (London), 29 September 2009
A government’s job is to protect us from strangers, not our mates. By Libby Purves.
Working mothers’ children unfit
BBC News Online, 28 September 2009
Children whose mothers work are less likely to lead healthy lives than those with "stay at home" mothers, a study says.
Review of babysitting ban ordered
BBC News Online, 28 September 2009
The Children's Minister has ordered a review of the case of two police officers told they had broken the law by caring for each other's children.
Women told to stop childminding arrangement
The Times (London), 26 September 2009
Ofsted has said that, according to legislation, caring for another person’s child “for reward” is classed as childminding.
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