Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 60800
Reading: Parents and Carers
Tabled: 17 June 2025
Answered: 25 June 2025
Question
James MacCleary
Liberal Democrat — Lewes
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of parents and carers reading to children in the early years on the mental wellbeing of (a) children and (b) parents and carers.
Answer
Stephen MorganReading with young children supports not only early literacy but also emotional wellbeing, for both children and their parents or carers. Shared reading helps build secure attachments, supports emotional regulation and creates positive routines that help ...
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