Children, staff and parents: Building respectful relationships in Australian and New Zealand early childhood

A discussion of what has been learned  about issues and possibilities for building staff:parent relationships in a research project, "Parent involvement in children's learning", undertaken collaboratively by teams of teachers, professional development advisers and researchers in New Zealand and Australia.

Keynote address to the Eighth Early Childhood Convention, "Making change for children now: Shaping early childhood today", 22-25 September 2003, Palmerston North.