Case study: work or benefits

Nursery World, 25 March 2004

Single parent Sophie Robinson (not her real name) had her first child at the age of 40. She has to commute to London from her home in Bath to work part-time as a language teacher. Sophie's mother looks after her four-year-old daughter, Karen, for the two days she is away, but is also caring for her husband, who is suffering from cancer. Sophie, too, is trying to spend more time with her father.

Single parent Sophie Robinson (not her real name) had her first child at the age of 40. She has to commute to London from her home in...

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