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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Lifestyle
Andrew Young

Two-thirds of parents worry about extra costs of having kids home over summer holidays

Over half of parents (58%) are facing extra childcare costs over the summer holidays as they balance work with having their kids at home – to the tune of almost £200 over the six-week period.

Nearly two-thirds (64%), of the 1,000 mums and dads polled, with school-aged children, are already worried about how they will manage the increased costs of childcare.

And 58% are having to rethink activities they had planned to entertain their little ones, due to these additional costs.

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