Childcare
Childcare is mothercare
When I was a small child, my mother left me in the charge of an elderly neighbour so that she…
Why is the government making it harder to get an au pair?
You will have heard, I am sure, of the Conservatives’ recent largesse towards working parents, as their ‘free’ childcare policy…
The misguided experiment of British childcare
Everybody agrees that childcare in Britain is an unholy mess. According to a new study, tens of thousands of parents…
Letters: The uncivil service
Uncivil service Sir: The elephant in the room in the handling of the pandemic (‘A tragedy of errors’, 29 May)…
The many contradictions of modern motherhood
There are few certainties in life. Death and taxes are the ones regularly trotted out. However, there is another that…
Letters: I was once on Prince Harry’s side. Not any more
On child care Sir: Your recent editorial deplores, among other things, the cost of child care, to which you attribute…
Home truths: Are nurseries damaging our children?
As any parent of young children will tell you, toddler groups exist as much for the adults as for the…
Letters: Matthew Parris’s marriage proposal is absurd
Marriage proposal Sir: Matthew Parris’s proposal that marriage be abolished, and civil partnerships installed in its place, is absurd (‘The…
How Norland nannies became the ultimate status symbol
Edwardian childcare has been updated, and the oligarchs can’t get enough
Don't want paternity leave? Soon, you may not have a choice
Earlier this week, the law changed to enable men to share the leave that women are currently entitled to after…
MH370 isn't the only flight that's still missing
Plane vanished Some other planes, besides Flight MH370, which have disappeared without trace: — A Boeing 727 cargo plane that…
