Nursery World - Working with Parents

How can early years settings support very young mothers and cater to their unique needs and challenges? Charlotte Goddard reports

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While the UK still has the highest teenage birth rate in Western Europe, teenage pregnancies in this country are currently at their lowest since records began. Despite this, early years practitioners in mainstream PVI nurseries are increasingly likely to find themselves looking after the children of teenage parents.

‘The receding tide of Children’s Centres, which often offered specialist support to young parents, is bringing early years practitioners in more traditional mainstream early years provision more closely back into those discussions about how to support teenage parents and their children,’ says Michael Freeston, director at the Early Years Alliance.

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