Parents

Corporate Publications
Annual Report 2017
This report illustrates our impact in 2017, capturing what we achieved and what we learnt.
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Improving parenting at scale through existing health workers
Visits from community health workers have been shown to have positive effects on the health, nutrition, learning and safety of young children…
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Advocating Paid Leave for New Dads
Research shows that the father’s presence in the earliest stages of a child’s life is closely related to the amount of involvement…
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Digitaf shows how Tel Aviv is prioritising young children
Every child born in Tel Aviv is now sent a Digitaf card. Launched in December 2017, Digitaf – which reads in Hebrew…
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Scaling up mother tongue-based preschool in Odisha
In March 2016, the Bernard van Leer Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Women and Child Development Department of the…
Historical cases
The Buried Seed
How Nicaragua came to have one of the most progressive early childhood learning policies on the planet.
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How can we take care of our children in a city?
Child rearing is one of the most difficult but loving and fulfilling tasks in the world: feeding, cleaning, playing, stimulating, educating, carrying,…
Q & A
Supporting parents to keep their children’s weight healthy: An interview with Linda Leijdekker
Late in 2017, we gathered experts from 17 countries in Amsterdam to explore best practices in coaching parents on child development, part…
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Nurturing care: the role of the education sector
A new year brings predictions. Here is mine: in 2018 the momentum around early childhood development will continue to build. No surprise,…
Management case studies
Cuna Más Part One: Peru’s Early Childhood Programme Struggles to Maintain Quality as it Scales Up
This case study weighs up the achievements and challenges of rapid expansion experienced by Peru’s Cuna Más programme.
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Beschuit met muisjes! A paternity leave breakthrough in the Netherlands
“Beschuit met muisjes” is the typical Dutch treat to celebrate the birth of a child in the Netherlands. They are crackers topped…
Research report
Building Better Cities with Young Children and Families
This publication offers strategies, principles, and best practices on how to engage our youngest citizens and families in city building.