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Ratios of staff to children are always a compromise compared with what would be ideal. Usually there is one staff person to three or four babies, and one carer to eight to ten toddlers or older children. The staff do their best to share themselves around, but it is non-stop all day. A study commissioned by the Department of Education in 1999 found that the average amount of 1:1 attention per child was only eight minutes per day.¹ Staff respond to crises, divert problems, comfort a crying child, take someone to the toilet – and move on. Caring for so many children all day is difficult and draining – you will see the adults ‘zone out’ by taking mental breaks when they can, simply for self-preservation.