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Short tips for parents of primary-aged children to make reading enjoyable.
A new government campaign will be launched to support parents as research highlights some are unaware their baby's mental health impacts their early development.
Support for foster carers, including financial help, tax arrangements, how to make decisions for your foster child, claiming benefit while fostering, and other help.
How to make arrangements for your children if you divorce or separate, mediation and how to apply for a court order if you cannot agree.
Includes help when having a baby or adopting, child benefit and tax credits, support for childcare
Information on working with parents and carers on a voluntary and statutory basis.
How to get contact with your grandchildren if parents divorce or separate and will not let you see them: mediation, applying for a court order
A 60-second summary on how to make sure you're in charge of the additional features your child can buy in app-based and online games.
Foster carers look after children when their parents are not able to - becoming a foster carer, money and support available, fostering agencies, foster parents
UK Health Security Agency reminds parents of back-to-school advice amid rising levels of winter illness in the new year.
Evidence from low and middle-income countries
This guidance outlines options to consider and who to contact if your child has been taken or kept abroad by their other parent or a relative without your permission.
Information to help parents identify and respond if their children are affected by gangs.
Search for Sure Start Children's Centres near to your home to find out about daycare and parenting advice
Training and tools to help practitioners and their managers discuss parental conflict.
Support and benefits you can get if you're looking after someone else's child, court orders - kinship care, private fostering, friends and family care
What to do if you need to get child maintenance and one of the parents lives abroad.
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