“Our days, we live them like a continuous marathon. » Lucie* has been an early childhood educator in Grenoble since 2017 and every year, she sees her working conditions deteriorate. Mobilized alongside early childhood staff, on strike this Thursday, October 6, she is demanding more resources from the public authorities for nurseries because for her, […]
Can we entrust young children to unqualified staff in order to guarantee them a place in a crèche? This question has been agitating the early childhood sector since the announcements of the brand new Minister of Solidarity, Jean-Christophe Combe, on July 10, before the sector committee responsible for thinking about the training of professionals. Faced […]
In a short note for Terra Nova, an early childhood specialist, Florent de Bodman, is already calling on the future President of the Republic to invest heavily in the poorest children. The idea is to allow these toddlers to access nurseries from which they are now largely absent. With 10 billion euros over five years, […]
Lying on floor mats, Adam, Oonagh and Naël chirp in the baby section of the cooperative nursery of Moulins, in Lille. Angelina, the referent, sits among them and tries to calm down: Adam fails to grab a rattle and grumbles; then it is Oonagh who is hungry. In a few minutes, the three kids cry […]
What surface does a little one need to develop, play, frolic? At the age of the first steps, the question is not anecdotal, say pediatricians and child psychiatrists. It opposes, these days, the government and the early childhood sector, while the reform of nurseries is about to be successful. An ordinance is expected by the […]