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Child Care News for Parents & Carers
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February 12, 2020
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Kia ora, this week findings from the 2019 Early Childhood Education Census, which confirm what you probably already know, that child care is expensive. Also, support systems available to parents of multiples and how to access it.
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Findings from the Early Childhood Education Census 2019
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Each year, the Early Childhood Education (ECE) Census provides new data around the operation of licensed ECE services in this country.
The Ministry of Education has now released its ECE Census for 2019, and here are the key findings around attendance, service numbers, occupancy rates, adult to child ratios, teaching staff, language immersion and waiting times.
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Support available to parents of multiples
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Each year, around 1,000 Kiwi couples welcome twins, triplets, or other multiples into the world.
The arrival of these babies brings excitement and joy, but also added challenges. Night feeds and day excursions take on a whole new dimension, and parenting multiples can be physically-demanding and emotionally exhausting – especially in the first years.
Fortunately, help is at hand. Multiples NZ supports parents who are expecting and raising multiples, and to get a sense of what the organisation does, we spoke with its new president, Heather Ben.
Heather is the mum of 10-year-old Amelia and six-year-old twins, Kaitlyn and Cameron, so she knows a thing or two about the challenges of having multiples and the benefits of a strong support network.
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