Out of school child care for teenager?

k1mmie

Most childminders wont take them at this age. How would they occupy them? They would be bored silly. I would suggest if you cannot make part time arrangements with friends that you pay for leisure weeks. These are run at most local leisure centres and can provide either art and craft sessions or sport/fun. They aren't cheap but then if you are on a benefit maybe you can get assistance. Most kids from this age don't want to be palmed off into a club though. They want to be independant. So maybe you can arrange for them to go out for the odd day with a friend here and there.

Savvy_Sue

k1mmie wrote: »

Most childminders wont take them at this age. How would they occupy them? They would be bored silly.

I'm not sure how mothers manage then ... I agree that some childminders will NOT want older children, but you will only know by asking.

Carmina_Piranha_3

i'm not sure that i want my own tantrum-throwing 11 year old this summer :eek:

am considering remortgaging to send him to some PGL camps :rotfl:

seriously though i have no idea. there's nothing for 11 year olds here. the leisure centre runs the occasional day course but only one day per week if at all. the holiday clubs will take high school children if they are still 11, but that's no use to most parents because the majority of children turn 12 before the summer holidays.

some of the other kids who we see on the streets are being looked after by grandparents or family/friends. because they want to be out with friends all the time it's probably easier for grandparents to look after them at that age than say a 2 year old.

Titch89

Are there after school clubs at your child's school?

clu

this is a difficult situation and a problem for many parents. TBH children at that age dont want to go to after school care and often make your life very difficult and life for the club staff hard too. BUt they are often too young to stay in the house alone, esp when they have been in full time childcare previously. We do have some children that come to our after school club and they "help" the staff with the younger children. Perhaps you could do that 3 days a week and then home 2 and gradually increase it over the year. hope you work something out its a difficult situation.

mizfiesta

Just out of curiousity, what age do your children have to be for it to be legally 'ok' (in Scotland and England) to leave your kids home alone when you go out to work? Is there a minimum age? Obviously I'm not talking about younger children - they should never be left unsupervised. I'm mostly referring to those over 12 years of age. And apart from the law, what do you lot personally think? Maybe from your own experiences?

Savvy_Sue

There is no minimum age. If they come to harm, you can be prosecuted for leaving them alone.

darcyvuqua

where are you from op?