Ask the expert Dr Jack Shonkoff
Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D., is the Julius B. Richmond FAMRI Professor of Child Health and Development at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Harvard Graduate School of Education; Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital; and Director of the university-wide Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. Read More
Why early learning is important
Did you know that 1 in 5 of our children and 2 in 5 of our Indigenous children are already behind before they start school? But it doesn’t have to be this way. Read More
What we’ve achieved so far
Thanks to you and thousands of people passionate about the importance of early learning, working families can now look forward to more affordable childcare. Read More
What do childcare changes mean for you?
Originally published at Kids in the City Magazine. Last week the Turnbull […] Read More
Another day, another childcare centre visited by politicians
Today Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull visited another childcare centre for yet another […] Read More
Politics Live: Senate may sit until midnight over childcare package
The Senate has extended sitting hours and could debate the Government’s child […] Read More
Six years of childcare? The total cost came as a shock
Originally published on Essential Baby. Read more here Care for those […] Read More
Childcare fees stop parents working more
Parents are telling childcare providers they want to work more but can’t […] Read More
‘Holding parents hostage’: Turnbull government surprises by rolling welfare cuts into childcare reforms
The Turnbull government has been accused of holding parents “hostage” by surprisingly […] Read More
Childcare fees continue to bite families
A new Productivity Commission report on government services finds parents are spending […] Read More