Internet Matters today releases its first ever index to track children’s wellbeing in a digital world – and it reveals the vital role that parents’ own habits play in their child’s growth and experiences.
The Index is the result of 12-month project that studied children and parents from the same household about young people’s behaviours, experiences and impacts of their online lives....
Children's vocabulary: Fresh opportunities for app boosting young learners' language skills ChatterStars, designed to improve vocabulary among children, has recently received an investment from business accelerator, TwinklHive.
Good vocabulary is crucial to everyone’s development. It helps us to express our opinions, understand complex subjects, and improve our reading skills. It is a...
New research reveals that most secondary school parents (74%*) think that digital learning provided by teachers and the government needs to be improved. The parents of one in three children thought that teachers didn’t make lessons exciting enough and one in four said their children couldn’t hear their teacher or classmates properly.
Thousands of working families in the South West could be missing out on an opportunity to get up to £2,000 a year to help with the cost of childcare, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is reminding parents, ahead of February half term.
Tax-Free Childcare – the 20% childcare top-up – provides eligible working families with up to £500 every three months (or £1,000 if their child is disabled) towards...
Pet care specialist, Pets at Home, has released new animal-themed fun to help keep kids entertained this half-term, while learning about responsible pet ownership at the same time. Launching on 11th February, the new activities will join the extensive range of free interactive content already available on the My Pet Pals educational activity hub .
THE UK’s first children’s next generation toothbrush which ends the torture of toothbrushing and adding fun is launched today. The 360° cleaning device sits in the mouth like a gum shield ensuring all surfaces are reached and eliminates bacteria in just sixty seconds. The device is called Wiggle because it ‘wiggles’ in the mouth and cleans teeth without the need for brushing. Wiggle takes the...
FIVE MOST COMMON POCKET MONEY CHORES REVEALED New research from one of the UK’s leading insurers, Aviva , reveals how children accomplish chores to rein in some hard-earned pocket money. According to a sample of 1,000 parents in the UK, 7 in 10 children do some sort of chores every week to earn some extra cash, but how do they go about it? From scrubbing car wheels to taking responsibility for...
Ready, set, go with Ickle Bubba’s 360 car seat Brand-new Radius Car Seat puts a New Spin on Car Journeys Ickle bubba, the award-winning British nursery brand offering stylish products at exceptional value, is thrilled to unveil a brand-new product to kickstart 2022. Introducing the Radius car seat , promising to make every car journey fuss free for new parents.
School choice fails to empower parents, study finds Policies to increase school choice have not given parents a greater sense of control over their children’s education, new research has found. Parents given multiple options for their child’s school are no happier about education than those who have little choice, according to research published in the Journal of Social Policy.
