Family and Community (Page 14)

  • Early infant feeding

    Pregnancy and motherhood are increasingly subjected to surveillance and research has highlighted that public breastfeeding is difficult to navigate. At the same time…

  • Welcome to Exchange: Family and Community

    How did it begin and how can you help? The Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre (CASCADE) worked with the Welsh Government in developing an online community of practice resource to improve the educational experiences of children and young people who are looked after in Wales – ExChange: Care and Education. The resource provides practitioners, foster… Read More

  • Thousands more care workers needed in Wales by 2030

    Wales will need thousands more people to work in caring roles with adults and children by 2030 if it is to keep pace with the growing demand for care services and provide support for communities across the country…

  • The Goodbody family: The challenge of childcare

    We started thinking about childcare as soon as Lily was born. With both of us planning on going back to work, myself after nine months and Mark after two weeks, and our parents not living close by…

  • Dealing with temper tantrums

    Talk to your child – even if they’re not speaking yet. Babies can understand a lot of what we say and it makes transitions much easier…

  • Getting back to nature with your children

    As a midwife and secondary school teacher respectively, Naomi and Sam thought they were well prepared for the arrival of little Myla, but 16 months on and parenting continues to provide its little surprises…

  • Can parenting be taught?

    As parents, they put time and patience above everything and gradually settled into a routine that worked for them. You can read countless books and blogs, or research things online…