Recommendation 15

Parents who choose to care for their children at home do important work. With better support, parents would have more of a choice over whether they work or stay at home and have better flexibility to respond to their family’s needs. More support would also help parents in developing a better home learning environment. The home learning environment is vitally important component of a child’s development. While support for families is not directly in the remit of the Department for Education, it will be important for the Government to complement their expansions in childcare with a more family-centred approach, and in particular, better support for parents who choose to stay at home.