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Wouldn't it be better to normalise it further? Parents need a reliable method of childcare that they can plan around. Why not say that schools are a mix betwee

Wouldn't it be better to normalise it further? Parents need a reliable method of childcare that they can plan around. Why not say that schools are a mix between learning and childcare, learning finishes at X and then there is activities/playground time after that. > Give a firm "no" to your boss for that 4pm meeting! Great for those that can. What about families that require physical presence or abnormal hours? > most American kids seem to have no friends near where they live As a Brit in London, I don't live near many of my friends. We often meet up in central London as its convenient. When I was a kid, many of my friends didn't live near me because school was a few villages away and I liked people from other villages. Kids don't choose their friends based on location. To me, it seems inefficient for every parent to sort their own childcare when you could centralise it into an institution dedicated to children?

quadrifoliate 6y ago
> To me, it seems inefficient for every parent to sort their own childcare when you could centralise it into an institution dedicated to children? Great! In America, some schools do provide these sorts of programs, called "after-care" for people who cannot take charge of their children after school time. They are typically not handled by teachers, and you have to pay extra for them. There are solutions like kibbutz, which other countries have implemented, that would be a good fit as well. In practice, I have observed that enough parents do seem to be able to handle their childcare (where I live) that it's not a free program that's paid for by society through increased taxes. But that's a possible option as well.