National Day Nurseries Association chief executive Purnima Tanuku, responding to a leaked Home Office report, said: "If children are displaying behavioural difficulties they should be helped by staff to overcome them through education, play and interaction with other children." She said the document did not appear to take into account natural stages of child development that meant some did go through difficult periods. Children's minister Beverley Hughes argued it was important to identify problems as...


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