Will Your Summer Be Child's Play ; or, Like Many Working Parents, Are You Facing Holiday Hell Jane Gallagher Talks to Four Mums About Coping with Kids

Daily PostJuly 13, 2005

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CHOOL'S nearly out and the summer fun is just about to begin . . . if you're a child.

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Will Your Summer Be Child's Play ; or, Like Many Working Parents, Are You Facing Holiday Hell Jane Gallagher Talks to Four Mums About Coping with Kids

But summer and fun aren't always two words that go together in the same sentence for working parents of school-age children who often find the six-week sojourn a logistical nightmare.

While friends or relatives may be willing to look after your little darlings for an hour or two after school during term-time, the prospect of eight hours amusing other people's children isn't exactly child's play.

Today, 79% of women with primary school age children now work and many of us now live far from our own parents and families.

And while some workplaces do offer on-site provision for childcare during the summer holidays, these are...

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