As the press for advancing young children’s well-being surges throughout the world, gnawing questions remain about how best to do this. In some countries, significant new funding investments are being made (OECD, 2020a); in others, new direct services including child care, family leave, home visiting, and heath efforts are being launched (OECD, 2020b; UNICEF, 2019); and in others still, much …
Month: August 2021
Childhood education: role and mission-Miguel Zabalza
To educate a small child, the whole tribe is needed (Maasai saying). If we speak about our times, no matter the topic, we cannot avoid the pandemic we have suffered and the many misfortunes that came with it. There were misfortunes, certainly, but there was also learning, and there was one in particular: knowing what is important. Health, for example. …
Childhood and Hospital Contexts- Nadia Milena Henao García
Childhood, as a social construct resulting from historical, political, cultural and family transformations, let us perceive cultural differences and recognize children as subjects with rights who live in different contexts or, even when living in the same territory, find themselves in different situations from others (Unda and Llanos, 2013). In this sense, in order to make progress in recognising children …