FROM THE EDITOR

In This Issue
a summary of this month's magazine

Editorial: Children and Politics
It's right that people should be arguing about childcare

FICE - The President's Log : Professor Ewan Anderson
CfC to be wound up

CfC in Scotland
The last meeting?

Opening the Forum
Our new service to readers

Cuttings
A miscellany of news and comment on topical issues including Supernanny, downloading porn, smacking, poverty and chastity

ARTICLES

The Hand that Rocks the Cradle Rules the World
The link between smacking and violence

Colour - Simon
Another poem from the FCA book "Rattle Your Cool"

REGULAR COLUMNS

In Residence - Endangered - Dr Keith White
Reading - and thinking - about children

Primary Steps - Improving Literacy - Beverley Smith
How nursery education can help children pick up reading skills

The Hesley Column - Indiana Jones, Beware! - Lesley Durston
The fun of looking for treasure

In Care : Donna 2
Making ones mark

Have a look at this

Care to Remember? Finding the Skills for the Job - Gus Greene
Training and Pay

BOOK REVIEWS

Thomas Coram, Gent., 1668 - 1751
The life of a key figure in the history of British childcare