Work & Child Care
Things to Consider When Returning to Work
How to plan and execute a successful return to work after a period of parental leave including what to expect, how to prepare, child care, work life balance and more.
Things to Consider for Work and Child Care
Returning to work? What to expect, how to ensure your child thrives in child care and the importance of stability and emotional attachment.
How to help your child successfully settle in to child care
Being the new kid on the block can be a daunting experience for young children. To help your tyke get off to a great start, here are some ways to prepare them for life at care.
Managing Feelings of Mother Guilt
Mother guilt is common among parents leaving their children in care for the first time; this article outlines what to expect and a range of coping strategies.
Child Care and Other Strategies When Working from Home
Strategies for successfully and productively working from home when you have children around including house lay out, naptimes, using nannies and more.
The Work-Life Balance Tool Kit for Parents
A toolkit of tips and tricks to help parents achieve a harmonious balance between work and family life including sick days, mother guilt and child care info.
Sick Days and Emergency Child Care
What to do with your sick child when you have to go to work including emergency and back up care options and why it’s important to have a plan!
6 reasons to find child care close to work
Do you prefer child care close to work or home? We’ve got six reasons why close to work can work…!
Research into the parental leave taken by Kiwi mums
Research from the Growing up in NZ study identified the ways Kiwi mums are using parental leave and their preferences in terms of how it can be accessed.
5 benefits of on-campus child care
The ways tertiary institutes support parents and carers with on-campus child care and the positive benefits.
How to plan child care in times of uncertainty
Learn why it is important to have a back up plan in case your usual child care falls through and how to develop a range of contingencies to suit different circumstances.
Child care offered outside normal business hours
Rainbow Corner Flat Bush Early Learning Centre is extending it's operating hours in an attempt to better meet the child care needs of working families.
How to organise child care when you travel for work
Learn how to plan for and execute work trips when you have small children at home.
5 vacation care strategies for working parents
Holiday ideas for the winter break.