By Penelope Leach (Polity Press, £14.99, 9780745647005)
Reviewed by Ted Melhuish, Professor of Human Development at Birkbeck, University of London, and Visiting Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Education, University of London
This book is both important and timely. Penelope Leach is renowned for addressing the thorny questions about childcare without coming from one particular 'side', facing sensibly the fact that the majority of parents with young children will at some time seek to have them cared for by someone other than themselves, and that parents juggle the competing responsibilities of caring for their children and earning money to support them, or gaining qualifications so that they can support them better.
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