Mind Matters

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Byline: By Tryst Williams Western Mail

At exactly the moment we switched from nurseries and childminders into finally managing all the childcare ourselves we've suddenly discovered a boy who has become politeness itself

EVER again. For the past four years I've grappled with the concept of childcare.

It's a struggle that will be familiar to almost all of today's parents.

As society continues on its inevitable march towards the two-working-parent family, thanks mainly to rampant house price inflation, so the childcare "problem" becomes more pressing. Which is a pretty depressing way of looking at what should be one of the most rewarding elements of …