Advances in early childhood development

Early Childhood Matters aims to elevate key issues, spread awareness of promising solutions to support holistic child development and explore the elements needed to take those solutions to scale.

2023 Early Childhood Matters front cover

Early Childhood Matters 2023

We need to reimagine support for caregivers. From expert analysis to personal perspectives, we begin to explore the support parents need to navigate their child’s first years of life – a period where their entire life also changes. The 24 articles in this journal show why we need a person-first approach to caregiving and how we can get there, so that caregivers, children and entire communities flourish.

Early Childhood Matters is an annual periodical published by the Van Leer Foundation

Vision and objectives

Early Childhood Matters aims to elevate key issues, spread awareness of promising solutions to support holistic child development and explore the elements needed to take those solutions to scale.

Who it is for

It is written to be accessible to a broad international audience of policymakers, advocates, civil society organisations, civil servants, practitioners and researchers.

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