[Margaret Pilkington]

I know what you mean Mummiboo.......and it would be good for you to get time with your children, I still think that more money could be invested in the training of child minders......and making sure that there are good child minders in local areas.....the other thing that i think would help out a lot would be that the Government recognise the input of family members........Grandparents who provide after school care could be paid and parents could get the 70% of these costs back as they do with child minders. I'm sure that most mothers would prefer to have a family member take care of their children, but are penalised because they can't claim back the costs.