Families with young children face a unique set of challenges which, if not addressed, could have a long-term impact on today’s generation of under-fives.
The first five years of a child’s life are crucial to their healthy development and well-being in later life. But the concluding report in our Changing face of early childhood series reveals that early childhood is increasingly characterised by inequality and uncertainty, compounded by the impact of the pandemic and rising poverty amid the cost of living crisis.
