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These reports collected parents' views about confidence in their own parenting skills and the services available to support them.
Who has parental responsibility for looking after children, and how to apply for parental responsibility if you were unmarried to the mother or are not on the birth certificate
All mothers and most fathers have legal rights and responsibilities as a…
A mother automatically has parental responsibility for her child from…
If you’re not the mother, you can apply to court to get parental…
Guidance for schools on writing statutory end of year reports for parents.
Find out what employment types have different rules for entitlement to Statutory Paternity Pay.
HM Passport Office guidance on how to deal with applications involving parental responsibility, court orders, testamentary guardians and loco parentis.
Guide to help local authorities complete the census 2023.
This paper examines the effects of a parental involvement program in Mexico, which provides parent associations with grants and information
Activities oriented to improving how parents approach and carry out their role as parents and to increasing parents’ child-rearing resources
Juntos is a large-scale conditional cash transfer (CCT) programme implemented in Peru since 2005
Parenting, civil partnerships, divorce and Lasting Power of Attorney
Young Lives is an international study of childhood poverty, following the lives of 12,000 children in 4 countries
This paper explores young people’s transitions and pathways through schooling, work and parenthood
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