This booklet, written for parents, is about what really matters - for children and their families - in early childhood services. The messages come from a book written for early childhood professional called Making Links: A Collaborative Approach to Planning and Practice in Early Childhood Services

The information in this booklet will:

• Support paretns and early childhood professional to work in partnership;
• help paretns understand more about what early childhood services are trying to achieve;
• broaden knowledge about working well with children and families;
• make clearer the rights and responsibilities of paretns and early childhood professionals; and
• reinforce the role of parent as advocates for their child and for early childhood services.