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Early childhood issues have been featured in a number of news items this week.
Here is a selection of stories which look at issues facing young children and those who care for them:
17 November
'Innocents abroad: Children reared in a foreign country tend to be high achievers'
This feature article from The Australian looks at a research project conducted by Marjory Ebbeck and Valerie Reus from the University of South Australia.
More than 900,000 Australian citizens or residents, many of whom have children, live overseas. Ebbeck and Reus examine how growing up in another country affects children in later life.
Their research is published in ‘Transitions: Third Culture Children', in the Australian Journal of Early Childhood.
Read the abstract of ‘Transitions: Third Culture Children' online.
17 November
'ABC Learning big on US littlies'
ABC Learning is now the world's largest child care provider listed on the stockmarket.
Australia's largest child care centre franchise, ABC Learning, has moved into the US market. ABC has added to its 700 centres in Australia by spending $218 million to acquire 460 centres across 25 US states.
16 November
‘These photos may be illegal'
The Federal Government is considering new laws to prevent the photographing of children in public places.
This raises issues of children's right to privacy and protection; on the other hand, renowned photographers such as Rex Dupain argue that it is an unwarranted intrusion into Australian life.
15 November
'Children's freedoms reduced out of fear'
Worldwide research conducted by UNESCO's Growing Up In Cities project has shown that Australian children have less independence than children in England, Germany and New Zealand.
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