Supporting you to become the parent you want to be

Family services and rights

For parents, looking after their children involves an enormous commitment, emotionally, practically and financially. They need support from society in terms of services and progressive legislation (see related documents below).

Families come in all shapes and sizes – mums and dads who don’t live under the same roof, families where one or both parents have had children with previous partners, families where grandparents are fully involved day-to-day, and families where the parents are both women or both men. Parents needs access to family services, as well as relevant advice about benefits, employment rights, childcare, and so on.

The NCT’s policies and evidence documents reflect and expand on the broad principles set out in the NCT parenthood policy.

You may also be interested in related pages, such as the transition to parenthood, maternity services, and government policy and documents from professionals bodies for the UK, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. NCT also publishes reviews of evidence on the topics of pregnancy and birth, baby feeding, and the transition to parenthood. These are first published in the quarterly professional development journal New Digest.

Family services and rights

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