Fixating on a ‘magic number’ of childcare hours misses what’s most important for kids’ development

“Lisa from Pexels/Pexels Families with kids juggling full-time work may have been alarmed by media reporting this week, suggesting “ too much ” time in early childhood education and care could harm their child’s development. Data from a major Australian study, the First Five Years project, was released by the Department of Education last December. It tracked 274,000 Australian children...

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