Case studies: Men in childcare

Case studies: Men in childcare

Men in early years and childcare A recent poll by the Department for Education (DfE) found that 9 in 10 parents in England feel children benefit from being cared for by both men and women – but at the moment, men make up only 3% of the workforce. That’s why the...
Tackling the potty training problem

Tackling the potty training problem

Sarah Timms, Family Services lead at ERIC, The Children’s Bowel & Bladder Charity Over the last two generations, the average age that children are being potty trained in the UK has risen. In the 1970s and 80s most children (83%) were out of nappies by 18...