Nursery World - Grannies at work (1)

<P> There will be fewer grandparents willing and able to help their working offspring with childcare, finds a report. <STRONG> Ann Mooney and June Statham </STRONG> look at the implications </P>

There will be fewer grandparents willing and able to help their working offspring with childcare, finds a report. Ann Mooney and June Statham look at the implications

Although the number of places in nurseries and out-of-school services has increased in recent years, grandparents still make a significant contribution to meeting the childcare needs of working parents. Surveys show that care by relatives, particularly grandparents, is the most common arrangement for children whose parents work. Yet findings from a recent study undertaken at the Institute of Education's Thomas Coram Research Unit suggest that there will be fewer grandparents in the future to help with childcare.

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