| 02/12/08 | Family Caregivers - The Downside (BloggingBaby.com) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 23:00:00
Filed under: Relatives , Childcare , Resources Sure, there are real, quantifiable benefits to having family members take care of your kids, but there are trade-offs involved too. When my son was first born, my sister-in-law's family was living with us and she watched Jared while my wife and I worked. Now, my mother-in-law watches our kids two days a week for us. While I'm very glad that... Source : BloggingBaby.com (subscribe) Explore : Family, Parenting |
| 02/12/08 | What Would You Do to Keep Your Sitter Happy? (BloggingBaby.com) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 15:00:00
Filed under: Childcare My father likes to tell people that we got our first color television, in the early 1970s, because they were having a hard time finding a babysitter; sitters were hard to come by, he says, and you had to have an edge. They were already offering to pay the sitters slightly above the neighborhood rate, but my mother refused to out bid her friends, so they had to come... Source : BloggingBaby.com (subscribe) Explore : Family, Parenting |
| 02/12/08 | Nurseries closed without notice (BBC News) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 13:30:33
Hundreds of parents are left without childcare after two south-west London nurseries closed without notice. Source : BBC News (subscribe) Explore : Investors, Venture Capital |
| 02/12/08 | Maine man held on federal weapons charge (Boston Globe) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 12:48:19
A 25-year-old tile contractor remains in federal custody after police allegedly found at least seven firearms and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition in his apartment above a child care center in Eliot. Source : Boston Globe (subscribe) Explore : Maine |
| 02/12/08 | 600 Vulnerable Children To Be Vaccinated (PostNews Online) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 12:39:38
... partnership with the US Embassy, Public Health Ministry, MTN Foundation, CAMNAFAW, orphanages, child care centres, and so on. Meanwhile, social centres expected to participate in the event received training in poems, dances, among other creative activities.Created in 2000, Shemka Foundation promotes the health and well being of vulnerable children and elderly people through education... Source : PostNews Online (subscribe) Explore : Cameroon, Yaoundé |
| 02/12/08 | SIPTU - Community Childcare Protest (Indymedia ireland) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 12:09:26
Tuesday 9th Dec - Dublin & Cork Community Childcare provides high quality, affordable childcare, mainly in economically disadvantaged areas. However, with the change in the governments funding system, some projects are facing closure, working parents fees are increasing, and workers pay and conditions remain minimal. Workers, parents and providers will address meetings in Dublin and... Source : Indymedia ireland (subscribe) Explore : Dublin, Government |
| 02/12/08 | Milwaukee County call center crippled by overload (JSOnline) |  |
Publié le 02/12/08 07:51:09
Though designed to cut through red tape families encounter when seeking food stamps, child care and medical help, Milwaukee County's troubled public assistance call center has become a focal point of frustration. Source : JSOnline (subscribe) Explore : Cities and Towns, Milwaukee |
| 01/12/08 | Nick Clegg Says That Britain is in Need of a Childcare Revolution (Les Bonner) |  |
Publié le 01/12/08 22:57:26
Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg has unveiled plans for free childcare for every family, and 19 months of paid leave for both parents to share. Under the new proposals, all families would get free, flexible childcare for toddlers. They would also get 19 months of shared, paid leave that offers both parents the chance to play [...] Source : Les Bonner (subscribe) Explore : Liberals |
| 01/12/08 | New group holds book drive to benefit child care centers -- (Virgin Islands Daily News) |  |
Publié le 01/12/08 22:52:43
ST. THOMAS - To launch the holiday season - and the spirit of giving that goes along with it - the Caribbean Literacy Exchange is holding a book drive to collect new and gently used books for child care centers. Source : Virgin Islands Daily News (subscribe) Explore : Virgin Islands |
| 01/12/08 | Momo Goes To Childcare (They Might Be Curly Giants!) |  |
Publié le 01/12/08 16:55:57
... him for a while. He was even more distressed when the initiation ceremony started at the gates of childcare hell but the boy was strong. He bravely stepped forth into the cavernous domain, albeit with a few tears and screams that could wake the dead. His mothering unit accompaniment slipped away into the bushes and out of sight while he was surveying his new surroundings. Together with... Source : They Might Be Curly Giants! (subscribe) |
| 01/12/08 | Square-eyed children hooked on telly (News.com.au) |  |
Publié le 01/12/08 16:38:00
AUSSIE kids as young as three are tech-savvy tots, turning on the TV themselves and watching more than nine hours a week, a study has found. And one-third of kids regularly watch TV during meals, the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children has found. The landmark survey of 10,000 children from across the country charts the changing face of Australian families, with more kids in child... Source : News.com.au (subscribe) Explore : Australia |
| 01/12/08 | M.A.C.H.???? (A Catholic Mom in Minnesota) |  |
Publié le 01/12/08 16:20:00
A few of you have asked me what exactly M.A.C.H. is.. well.. M.A.C.H. stands for mother's and children:) It is a women's Bible study group I go to at my parish once a week and the neat thing is ... on site child care is provided!!! The first hour is spent on a topic that has to do with family/motherhood/parenting etc. The second hour we have our Parish Priest or Deacon join us and we read... Source : A Catholic Mom in Minnesota (subscribe) |
| 01/12/08 | Baby P council's key failings (The Guardian) |  |
Publié le 01/12/08 16:13:20
Concerns raised by the independent report into Baby P and childcare services at Haringey council Source : The Guardian (subscribe) Explore : Haringey |
| 01/12/08 | New Childcare Solution... ("Tell Me Something I Don't Know") |  |
Publié le 01/12/08 15:59:00
"Before he was acting out, yelling and screaming... Now when we uncrate him he's completely quiet...Yeah for like two or three days" HILARIOUS! Source : "Tell Me Something I Don't Know" (subscribe) |
| 01/12/08 | Meet the New Boss (The Corner) |  |
Publié le 01/12/08 14:19:19
Kyle Smith on how the Age of Obama will change Bruce Springsteen: What's his next song going to be called - "Goodlands"? Will universal pre-K childcare give us "Junglegymland?" I for one am not looking forward to "Tenth Avenue Love-In," "Happy Heart" or "57 Channels (and a Lot of It Is Really Interesting Interviews with Cabinet Members About How They're Going to Improve Everyone's Job,... Source : The Corner (subscribe) Explore : Bruce Springsteen, Football, Politics, Rock and Pop, Sports |
| 01/12/08 | End of the year? (Lactating Bookworm) |  |
Publié le 01/12/08 05:19:06
I love December. It?s my favourite month of the year. It?s summer in the Southern Hemisphere, days are longer, balmy hot summer evenings ahead, as a teacher it means 6 weeks holidays which means H at home to help me with childcare. Assessments are over so now I?m just finishing up an activity and thinking of [...] Source : Lactating Bookworm (subscribe) |
| 01/12/08 | The death of Baby P: Mass resignations as 'devastating' report slams childcare standards (Scotsman.com) |  |
Publié le 01/12/08 01:00:00
THREE senior figures from Haringey Council lost their jobs today over the Baby P tragedy. Source : Scotsman.com (subscribe) Explore : Haringey |
| 30/11/08 | ABC's landlord talks to rivals (News.com.au) |  |
Publié le 30/11/08 21:43:00
ABC Learning's biggest landlord is in rescue talks with rival childcare operators to take over 297 centres it leases to the collapsed company. Source : News.com.au (subscribe) Explore : Business |
| 30/11/08 | How much thought did the LibDems really put into their childcare policy? (Little's Log) |  |
Publié le 30/11/08 20:27:00
Conservatives very much agree that Britain need to be more family-friendly and that creating stronger family units can help to piece back together our broken society - in fact, its been David Cameron thats put these ideas front and centre in British politics. However these latest plans from the LibDems are pie-in-the-sky politics and Nick Clegg - their apparent media-star - go another mauling at... Source : Little's Log (subscribe) Explore : Conservatives |
| 30/11/08 | CHILDCARE REVOLUTION COULD HELP TO TACKLE ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR (Steve Beasant Liberal Democrat ) |  |
Publié le 30/11/08 18:31:06
Outlining the Liberal Democrat proposals for Childcare Revolution, the Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg said anti-social behaviour among Britain?s youth could be tackled by introducing more generous family policies. For more details about the Liberal Democrat proposal for the Childcare Revolution read the previous post in detail. Nick Clegg told the BBC?s Politics Show: [. Source : Steve Beasant Liberal Democrat (subscribe) Explore : Liberals |