When Shaina Bell left her three children to go to work, she wasn’t planning on spending the night in jail. “I had to go to…
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Childcare Costs Forced Me to Quit My Job & Become a Stay-at-Home Mom
I’ve always been a strong, independent, and hard-working woman — because I had to be. My father died in the fall of 1996, days before…
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Childcare, OOSH sectors facing collapse, fear they will never recover
Four out of five childcare centres are on the brink of collapse and the Out of School Hours care industry fears it may never recover…
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Affordable Universal Childcare Is Coming, If the Democratic Candidates Have Their Way
At the Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday night, six candidates sometimes repeated the same old stuff we’ve been hearing for the…
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Yep, Childcare Officially Costs More Than College
A new survey from Child Care Aware of America reports some discouraging (although, are we really surprised though?) stats on the costs of child care…
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School ‘shames’ mum after email demanding £445 from her is sent to all parents
A school have been accused of ‘shaming’ a family by sending details of a huge bill to all parents. Bosses at Mount Primary School in…
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‘Good news for working mums – children thrive in a nursery setting’
When I was at medical school there was a particularly clever female student. She could beat everyone at everything. The rumour was her exceptional brightness…
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Tax-free childcare error leaves parents facing fines and childminders unpaid
Childcare Choices – the website by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) that gives financial support to parents – has experienced delays on payments, with some…
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Why Gyms With Childcare Are a Game-Changer for Parents
You’re not likely to find new parents at the gym. Between the sleep deprivation and the diaper changes and the nonstop feedings, there isn’t much…
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Shop says ‘We’re not a child-minding service’ to parents leaving kids for hours
A shop owner has hit out at parents who use his comic book store as a ‘pseudo child-minding service’ leaving their kids unattended there for…
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Ofsted slams nursery for failing to spot if little kids might become jihadis
A pre-school has been slammed by Ofsted for failing to spot whether children as young as two might become jihadis. Little Ducklings, in Sussex, has…
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