In the Delivering Better Public Services supporting vulnerable children brochure there are some disturbing things afoot.The Ministries of Social Development, Education, and Health are working together, alongside the Police and the Social Sector Forum, on three results that will support vulnerable children.These results are:Result 2: Early childhood education: In 2016,…
Category: ECE
ECE vs Home: stress in child
“Daycare or preschool stress can be measured by the levels of cortisol-—a stress hormone—-that children produce during the day. In normal, healthy people, cortisol levels follow a daily rhythm, peaking when they wake and then falling over the course of the day. Cortisol levels are the lowest just before sleep…
Long days at nursery or with childminders ‘raising a generation of school tearaways’
Research says that bad behaviour is linked to hours spent without parents Jonas Himmelstrand is presenting his report to MPs this week By Steve Doughty PUBLISHED: 00:21 GMT, 11 March 2013 Comments (14) Long hours in nurseries or with childminders lead to mental health problems and difficulties at school for…
New Zealand, Sweden and the Johanssons
I am really concerned about this question asked in Parliament today: METIRIA TUREI to the Prime Minister: When he said “we don’t want to see any New Zealand child suffer … children don’t get to make choices, they’re often the victim of circumstance” does that mean he will take tangible…
About Early Child Care in Sweden
From: Jonas Himmelstrand, founder and director The Mireja Institute, Sweden Jonas Himmelstrand In Sweden 93% of all children aged 18 months-5 years attend day care, or preschool as it is called in Sweden. Daycare is not yet formally compulsory, but the tax system and the day care subsidies are designed…