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Despite big changes in childcare policy at the end of the 20th century, we’re asking many of the same questions as in the 1960s.
We shouldn’t just be blaming the middle classes for snapping up all the free childcare spots.
Moms don’t have to be designated worriers.
There is no one perfect package for alleviating poverty, but there is agreement on what the elements should be. Combination and sequence of interventions varies, depending on context and beneficiaries.
Why the government’s policy could end up harming children’s chances.
Discussion about longer hours of childcare has focused on cost and adult productivity – but there are health benefits for children.
David Cameron and his government will have to be masters of tactics to get through this parliament. They’re already correcting their course.
Lost in the political debate about subsidising child care is the fact that universal free preschool care has been abandoned as a goal of good social policy.
Making the case for subsidising childcare is not as simple as it might seem, and the government’s new childcare package may not pay for itself.
The government estimates its proposed $3.5 billion child care package will encourage more than 240,000 families to increase their involvement in paid employment, including almost 38,000 jobless families.
Politicians promising to expand free childcare is no bad thing, but it is difficult to deliver in practice
Social Services minister Scott Morrison has unveiled the first part of the Abbott government’s “families package” ahead of next month’s federal budget and the signs are not good. With the announcement…
Australia is unique in using parental financial incentives for immunisation.
Efforts to get fathers more involved in raising their kids often entail changing leave provisions, but research shows that’s not helping dads get more involved in caring for their children.
Immunisation in Australia isn’t compulsory – and doesn’t need to be controversial. Most Australians recognise the incredible benefits that vaccination provides to prevent serious disease.
Many of the Productivity Commission’s proposals derive from assumptions that the funding of these services should ensure minimal interference, with a classic, market-based model for meeting “demand”.
It is predictable that the Labour Party’s election pledge to expand Sure Start has turned into a row over how many children’s centres have actually closed since the coalition government took over in 2010…
Scott Morrison’s appointment as minister for social services in late December 2014 has been seen as an important step for the Abbott government as it moves towards its second budget. The tasks he faces…
The latter part of the twentieth century saw a dramatic increase in women’s participation in the workforce as well as a rise in ideological support for women’s employment in the United States. However…
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Professor of Applied Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto
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Kerry McCuaig is a Friend of The Conversation.
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