This is one of those stories that makes you wonder how the government, in this case the NSW government, prioritises its spending.
Anne Manne's Quarterly Essay, Love and Money: The Family and the Free Market states that in a non-risk group around three-quarters of new mothers bond with their child. With this bonding usually comes the features of parenting that the NSW government feel they need to provide a (wall?) chart for. Therefore a priority grouping must be disadvantaged and marginalised families, who are overall less likely to use early years services such as MC&H centres. While the article indicates the kits are available in three different languages (only three?) there's no further information as to how they plan to target the information.
"A handout being distributed through child and maternal health services warns infants who are rarely spoken to, receive limited physical affection and have little opportunity to play and explore their environment may not fully develop the brain connections and pathways needed to learn.
Child development experts said the chart and DVD Love, Talk, Sing, Read, Play was needed to show parents that "children learn best if they feel safe and loved."
Anne Manne's Quarterly Essay, Love and Money: The Family and the Free Market states that in a non-risk group around three-quarters of new mothers bond with their child. With this bonding usually comes the features of parenting that the NSW government feel they need to provide a (wall?) chart for. Therefore a priority grouping must be disadvantaged and marginalised families, who are overall less likely to use early years services such as MC&H centres. While the article indicates the kits are available in three different languages (only three?) there's no further information as to how they plan to target the information.
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