[shillelagh]

I dont have kids but i have looked after one of my nieces and my 2 nephews often enough during the school holidays and after school when my sister or bro's were working.

I know from working at a sports centre we do run courses for kids during the holidays - but they are expensive.

How are parents going to be able to pay for them when normally during school hours they dont pay for the care as they are at school and its bad enough for some parents to pay for care after school. I know some people who are in full time work that the wife's pay goes directly to pay for looking after the kids while she goes to work. They have about £15 left over from paying for looking after the kids out of her wage. Thats not a lot. But the problem is finding the nurseries or childminders to look after the kids. Especially after they hit school age and become teenagers - name a teenager who wants to go to a childminder at the age of 14 - they want a key to the front door.