Eric Robson invites people to talk about issues directly concerning them.
What'll We Do With the Kids?
This summer well over half-a-million children will be spending their holidays alone or unsupervised while their parents are at work. The lucky ones will perhaps find organised play schemes to fill their time. Others, as young as six years old, are left to make their own entertainment. For parents, like Tom or Julie, who must work while bringing up a young family, the problem of looking after the children in the evenings and school holidays is acute.
Tonight Brass Tacks examines the dilemmas facing working families. Parents in Birmingham join teachers, community workers and child-care experts in the Manchester studio to discuss provisions for 'latch-key kids'.
Producer GERRY TROYNA Editor ROGER LAUGHTON
Many BBC Local Radio Stations in England are giving their audience a chance to state their views on this issue in phone-ins lollowing Brass Tacks.