Parental rights and responsibilitiesApproaches-
● Data Protection Act 2018
● Legislation, policies, and procedures
● Confidentiality
● Safeguarding and protection
● Trusting relationship
● Consent
● Open door policy
● Signposting
● Barriers to effective communication
● Limitations
● Key person approach
● Involvement of parents- home/in the setting
● Barriers to involvement
● Attachment
● Equality, diversity, and inclusion
This means all the rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority which, by law, a
parent of a child has in relation to the child and his property.
Key legislation relating to parental responsibility:
● The Children’s Act 1988 (2004)
● The EYFS
● The Human Rights Act
● The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
https://childlawadvice.org.uk/information-pages/parental-responsibility/
Enduring relationships-
● The bond between parents/carers and their child is an ‘enduring relationship’
● Professionals, practitioners and teachers come and go but most parents are a
constant presence in a child’s life
Ways that parents support and help children:
● Learn about close relationships and love
● Helping children cope with stress
● Providing a safe base from which children can explore the world
● Acting as a role model for how children should behave
● Form positive attitudes towards new experiences
-It is now widely recognised that parents have a huge influence on a child’s learning and is
therefore very important that practitioners view parents as partners and find ways to work
and support parents to help them educate their children.
-Important research began in 1997 known as the EPPE project.
● Data Protection Act 2018
● Legislation, policies, and procedures
● Confidentiality
● Safeguarding and protection
● Trusting relationship
● Consent
● Open door policy
● Signposting
● Barriers to effective communication
● Limitations
● Key person approach
● Involvement of parents- home/in the setting
● Barriers to involvement
● Attachment
● Equality, diversity, and inclusion
This means all the rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority which, by law, a
parent of a child has in relation to the child and his property.
Key legislation relating to parental responsibility:
● The Children’s Act 1988 (2004)
● The EYFS
● The Human Rights Act
● The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
https://childlawadvice.org.uk/information-pages/parental-responsibility/
Enduring relationships-
● The bond between parents/carers and their child is an ‘enduring relationship’
● Professionals, practitioners and teachers come and go but most parents are a
constant presence in a child’s life
Ways that parents support and help children:
● Learn about close relationships and love
● Helping children cope with stress
● Providing a safe base from which children can explore the world
● Acting as a role model for how children should behave
● Form positive attitudes towards new experiences
-It is now widely recognised that parents have a huge influence on a child’s learning and is
therefore very important that practitioners view parents as partners and find ways to work
and support parents to help them educate their children.
-Important research began in 1997 known as the EPPE project.
