Hope you’re having a great day! Caring for children (whether your own or someone else’s) can be exhausting! Take a break for five minutes and read these words of wisdom, warning, and humour to remind yourself why it’s all worth while: 1. Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to Read the full post
Every year children are seriously hurt or killed unintentionally in “accidents”. As our work health and safety students know, there is no such thing as an accident. Many of these injuries and deaths are completely predictable and preventable with better safety precautions. As a concerned parent or childcare professional, it is worth knowing at least Read the full post
It’s hardly a secret that raising children is an expensive endeavour in modern society. Many families are accustomed to a two-income lifestyle until their first child arrives. The adjustment in income and lifestyle can be quite a shock. In some cases, one parent will quit work to care for the child full time, at the Read the full post
Children are our most precious resource – they will grow up to be the artists, innovators, leaders, teachers and parents of tomorrow. Lifelong success, health and emotional well being are built on foundations laid down in early childhood. It has been shown that investing resources into supporting children in their first years of life has Read the full post
Child care is a hot topic in Australia at the moment. Increasing fees are putting pressure on families while child care providers are struggling to provide the level of care required for our children at an affordable price. Many people have been calling for the government to intervene in the child care market to regulate Read the full post
Child Care Use In Australia According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, in 2008, Australia had approximately 1.5 million children aged 12 years or under in some kind of child care arrangement. About 750,000 attended formal care (government regulated care away from the child’s home, including long day care, family day care, before and/or after Read the full post
Increasing Cost of Child Care in Australia Rising child care costs for Australian families have been a hot topic in 2012, a problem mirrored in many other developed nations. A drive to decrease the ratio of children to carers, improve the pay of child care workers and set minimum standards for education for workers is Read the full post
Obesity in Child Care A recent Canadian study found that young children who attend child care are 50 percent more likely to be overweight than those who are cared for by a parent at home. The researchers from the University of Montreal and CHU Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Centre studied more than 1,600 families with children Read the full post
High Demand on Childcare Australia’s child care system is experiencing more demand than ever before. Many families need both parents working to make ends meet and rely on childcare services to take care of their children. Single parents are also often reliant on childcare providers to keep their kids safe and happy while the parent Read the full post
There is an increasing dilemma for early childhood educators whereby on the one hand we are given the task of protecting children from their exposure to the sun, and on the other hand we are also encouraged to promote physical activity in order to offset the growing obesity problem which we are now witnessing in Read the full post
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