Nursery World - Editor's view – 'Thankfully we no longer adhere to the view that children should be seen and not heard'

Much has changed for the better since Nursery Worldwas first published nearly 100 years ago, but there is lots still to achieve

Karen Faux

Looking back through our archive to pull out coverage related to the Royal family over the decades was a fascinating exercise. As our special feature on page 6 highlights, The Nursery Worldmagazine (as it was known) had been going for just one year when Queen Elizabeth II was born in 1926.

In its first few decades, high society and the Royal family featured regularly in the magazine’s pages, which at that time were widely read by nannies and their wealthy, upper-class families.

Nursery World’s coverage over the decades is certainly testimony to just how much attitudes to class, women, families, childcare, early education and diversity have changed – and continue to do so.

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