“School hours are the most problematic family unfriendly policies” said Dr Catherine Hakim during an item on Woman’s Hour this morning which discussed the (only partly linked) questions of why some women choose to remain childless, or think that motherhood is positively not for them, and worries about the currently very low fertility rates in European countries.
School hours (and holidays) are not just a problem for working parents, they are a problem for the rest of us too, one that is all too evident at this time of year.
