Editorial. Revisioning and reforming educare in the 21st century: the synergetic confluence of professional innovative practices and scientific evidence

This issue of the journal presents a collection of papers which bring to the fore critical issues about young children’s educare. In an interview conducted by Janet Rose, the Principal of Norland, Professor Edward Tronick reiterates and reinforces the role of positive interactions and relationships with caregivers. Dr Amanda Norman, taking a historical perspective, explores loving relationships with kin and professional alloparents, while Sue Egersdorff and her colleagues, in a position paper, discuss institutional intergenerational care – a form of contemporary alloparenting. Dr Mallika Kanyal and her colleagues review research about grandparenting in the UK in the 21st century, and, in a pair of scoping studies, Lisa Gentle and colleagues and Dr Amy Prescott explore baby sleep and baby weaning, respectively. Finally, there are reviews of two books: one on green teaching, and the other about home learning environments.