'Toddlers call the shots at home, according to new research, confirming what parents have long suspected.' 😆
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Join us on 18 June as Nesta will host an online discussion with Dr Shaddai Tembo, lecturer in early childhood studies and independent consultant, to explore how to create inclusive learning environments for children.

Register to attend sprou.tt/1PELiZJr7xN

We’re looking for independent takeaway businesses in Scotland to work with us to develop the healthiness of their menus 🥗

Grant of £10,000 and 1:1 support available. Find out more and apply ⬇️ bit.ly/4byccjA

👇 Stigma is a powerful force that holds poverty in place.

It enables and exacerbates inequalities. Loosening stigma's grip is a key lever of social change.

🔎 New JRF analysis using participatory, power-sharing approaches looks at poverty stigma and the actions needed 🧵(1/5)

An exciting recent development in my field has been the growth in #megastudies : massive field experiments in which many different interventions are tested synchronously in one large sample using a common, objectively measured outcome. Learn more here: bit.ly/3UevMID

Great piece by Torsten Bell highlighting the human cost of the two-child limit & referencing findings from our recent Nesta study: families are in severe financial disadvantage & their children are missing out on opportunities to learn and play theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

'At the end of the day the people that it affects the most are the children, and it’s not their fault.'

Louise Bazalgette from Nesta reflects on how the two-child limit is impacting family life 👶 👶 ⬇️

bigissue.com/opinion/two-ch…

Most research on the two-child benefit limits has focused on the impact on parents. But what about children?

Louise Bazalgette writes for the Big Issue about our new study on how the two-child limit could be hurting children's early development ⬇️

Published today in Big Issue Has the two-child limit put fairness above children’s interests? bigissue.com/opinion/two-ch…

Today Nesta we’re hosting a webinar launch of our qualitative research about how the two-child limit is affecting children’s early development nesta.org.uk/data-visualisa… Delighted to be joined by Kitty Stewart Alison Garnham Tammy Campbell Robert Joyce & Natalie Vivash

The two-child benefits cap has put families in financial hardship, reduced their opportunities to learn and impacted their mental health, finds research. nurseryworld.co.uk/news/article/f…

A powerful report from Nesta, with important messages about how the two-child limit affects parent wellbeing; family resources, parenting and children's childhoods and early development, such as those in this screenshot.

If you work in early education and childcare, please take 10 mins to complete this survey.

Major new Nesta report on the devastating impact on children and young people of the two-child limit policy.
nesta.org.uk/data-visualisa…

📢 #IMHAW2024 THEME LAUNCHED!📢
As we head towards a UK general election, this year's Infant Mental Health Awareness Week (10th-16th June) will call on candidates of all political parties to pledge to 'Speak up for babies'.
Details & how to get involved👉bit.ly/42nUI63

Thank you Nursery World for helping give voice to families affected by the two-child limit. nurseryworld.co.uk/news/article/f… Nesta published our research with affected families today. Read our findings here nesta.org.uk/data-visualisa…