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Families shared what helps: practical, trusted support, less pressure to be “perfect”, and help that doesn’t disappear after age two.

What 17 conversations with early years experts taught Babyzone about babies, confidence and the case for investing early.

Camilla Reid on why school readiness is about confidence, not the alphabet, and how five minutes of reading daily can add 1.5 million words by age five.

Sally Hogg on why early years investment keeps cycling without lasting change, the salience gap holding back political action and what would fix it.

Lizzie Gaisman of the Richmond Project on maths anxiety, the 1 in 5 parents nervous to help with homework and how number confidence is built before school ever starts.

Jodie Reed of Home Start UK on why more than 1 in 5 parents rarely or never have meaningful contact with another adult, what 9,000 volunteers do that professionals can't and the baby blind spot.

Babyzone raised in Parliament by Maureen Burke MP, spotlighting the child development gap and the impact of the new Easterhouse hub.

Learn how to massage your baby at home. Babyzone's qualified Infant Massage Instructor covers benefits, techniques, colic relief and toddler touch.

Dr Ingrid Katz of Yale Institute for Global Health on why free healthcare doesn't always reach people who need it and what trust has to do with it.