We though the story would be well-read, both in the magazine and online, but didn't imagine it would be taken up so widely by the national media. Now the definition of what constitutes childcare for 'reward' is being re-examined (see News, page 4).
For those of us in the early years sector, it can be tricky to decide what stance to take on this issue. On the one hand, regulation, registration and safeguarding children are all sound principles on which to base childcare. On the other, it seems madness that an arrangement such as these two policewomen had should be deemed unlawful, leading to disruption for their daughters, as well as inconvenience and expense. In today's society, friends are often closer than the relatives the law allows.
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