Children need their families

By Emma Hutchinson, director, The Music House for Children Is extended wraparound care in schools the answer to parents' childcare problems? Babies are nurtured by their mother or member of their family. They are spontaneous, free-spirited and unpredictable. In normal healthy circumstances, babies are responding to a personal family environment. The proposed pre-and post-school care arises from a range of social needs including displaced family units, single parent families and working parents. If families are encouraged to keep primary-aged...