1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (564+ words) Those with 3 or more eligible kids get max entitlement of 12 days under new scheme Working parents with children aged 12 and below will get between eight and 12 days of childcare leave a year, depending on the number of children they have....

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (296+ words) A TEENAGE cancer survivor has raised over £3,000 skydiving for the hospital which treated her. Jasmine Kalirai, 18, from Birmingham, took on a tandem skydive to celebrate being cancer-free, after being diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma at Birmingham Children's Hospital when she was…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (217+ words) Meetings by the monkey bars, calls at the climbing frames, sales pitches on the swings — but no, we're not in the office of a new Silicon Valley start-up; it's just summer in London. This story is from the August 06, 2026 edition…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (542+ words) For years, parents have trusted them with their toddlers. Now, more and more of Singapore’s biggest early childhood brands are growing up alongside their little alumni, expanding into after-school care for primary school pupils. Student care centres offer safe, supervised…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (372+ words) South Tyneside Council held meetings with Stanley's staff at the Customs House, on Mill Dam, on Thursday, to outline what the cuts may entail. The Shields Gazette understands that staff were told during the meetings that there is a possibility…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (288+ words) I'm on the other side of a horrible divorce, which has also been hard on my five-year-old daughter, as her father currently doesn't want much to do with her. I'm in no doubt he loves her, but I'm the one…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (281+ words) A NOTTINGHAM nursery has hit out at the Government after minimum wage, National Insurance and free childcare changes made it “impossible to continue”. “Our business model, which now depends totally on Government funded childcare places, is no longer sustainable,” a…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (533+ words) An experiment involving preschool children is unfolding in South Los Angeles, one that aims to solve a persistent problem in the region’s stressed day-care industry: the lack of workers. VOLUNTEER Starnese Sims, wearing glasses, sings with preschoolers at Bradley Early…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (260+ words) GRANDPARENTS are being urged to protect their own finances as the hidden cost of childcare continues to rise. HELP But childcare comes at a cost New research from subscription lender Creditspring found that 70% of grandparents who help look after grandchildren…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (482+ words) THERE'S no perfect way to raise children. But if you're despairing because of unruly kids, adopting some Japanese parenting methods could be the way to go.Japanese parenting emphasises unconditional love, community, and harmony with nature, as a way to…...