Childcare regulations are supposed to ensure that children’s rights in Early Childhood Education and Care settings are protected. This includes experiencing an environment that simultaneously protects them from harm and promotes their healthy development. Yet a study was undertaken with Early Childhood Care and Education managers, early childhood educators, support agencies, and members of the preschool inspectorate to explore their perspectives of the regulatory environment in Ireland, reports that there is a sense of frustration and helplessness in terms of regulatory enforcement.
Promoting school readiness and better adjustment to school is hypothesized to be an efficient means of raising the achievement levels of all children, but especially of those children who experience a lack of parental support”.