Confused families missing out on thousands of pounds in childcare money

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/personal-finance/confused-families-missing-out-thousands-36031118

All families in New Mexico will get free childcare in unprecedented policy move

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/families-in-new-mexico-free-universal-childcare-2674030698

Christmas bonus likely, renters’ tax credit to be extended, no personal tax package – The Irish Times

The Government is taking the wraps off its first budget since being installed at the start of the…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Budget #carer-s-allowance #ChildBenefit #childcare #disability-allowance #energycrisis #fuelallowance #HousingCrisis #IE #Ireland #jack-chambers #PaschalDonohoe #rent-tax-credit #social-welfare-payments #Tax #third-level #usc #vat
https://www.newsbeep.com/169909/

SA childcare centre 'unsuitable to open' amid supervision concerns

The Education Standards Board has closed Edge Early Learning Centre at Plympton for 90 days following an investigation into reports of "inadequate supervision" of children.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-07/edge-early-learning-closure-extended-90-days/105862742

#ChildCare #EarlyChildhoodEducationandCareServices #Education #StateandTerritoryGovernment

Great Rally in Toronto with CUPE National…..There are Families across Canada that are still waiting for $10-a-day childcare — and childcare workers are still waiting for fair pay. #FixIt #fediverse

#careworker #care #childcare #workers #jobs #union #canada #ontario #jobs #canpoli #cdnpoli #LiberalFailure

BBC: Hackers say they have deleted children’s pictures and data after nursery attack backlash. “Hackers who attempted to extort a nursery chain by posting stolen images and data about children on the darknet have removed the posts and claim to have deleted the information.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/04/bbc-hackers-say-they-have-deleted-childrens-pictures-and-data-after-nursery-attack-backlash/

Another Quack For Capitalism

A Pediatrician Recently went Viral on Tiktok Claiming the Biggest Factor Shaping Children’s Future is NOT how Their parents raised them, but Their Friends & Neighborhood and Their Genetics. So if you want healthy successful kids just move to a bougie neighborhood, get them into an elite school, and make sure they have the right friends. Oh, and make sure to give them genes for whiteness and wealth.

In reality neighborhood does correlate with many indicators of health and success, but that is because people who can afford more affluent neighborhoods are more affluent themselves. That means they can afford healthier diets, good Healthcare, intellectually enriching activities for their kids like summer travel, internships, camps museums, music and art lessons. It means lower levels of cortisol due to less worry about rent, Healthcare, groceries & Homelessness; less stress from multiple asshole bosses at your multiple jobs. And lower cortisol means lower risk of heart attacks, stroke diabetes and cancer. Also lower risk of premature births learning disabilities and cognitive impairment. The more affluent neighborhood also means lower risk of environmental contaminants and exposure to smoke and lead, which also can lead to birth defects and learning disabilities.

Yes, more affluent neighborhoods
often do have more successful schools (as measured by test scores graduation rates college admittance). Sometimes this is related to funding. But mostly it's a product of having higher proportions of affluent students, who tend to come to school with much more social capital and academic readiness due to the privileges of being from affluent families.

But if you really want healthy, successful kids, move to a European country where they offer childcare, paid family leave, 6 weeks of paid vacation, socialized Healthcare. Where they actually fund their schools, pay their teachers a living wage, and don't have school shootings every week.

https://www.today.com/parents/family/pediatrician-reveals-no-1-factor-shapes-childs-future-rcna234927?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

#children #classwar #poverty #workingclass #childcare #schools #cortisol