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Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

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People Fixing The World: The Parent Hack For Cheaper Childcare

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The Parent Hack For Cheaper Childcare

04/04/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - People Fixing The World, The Parent Hack For Cheaper Childcare

An experimental nursery helps parents save money by letting them work childcare shifts.

How parents struggling with childcare costs are banding together to care for each other’s kids.

Parents struggling with childcare costs in London are banding together to care for each other’s kids. They run a super-cheap nursery where mums and dads take on half of the childcare. It’s a throwback to the childcare movement of the 1970s but can it work in the modern age?

Presented by Sahar Zand. Produced by William Kremer.

Image: Drawing of a family / Credit: BBC

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