{"id":2366,"date":"2014-02-28T00:00:44","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T00:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/?p=2366"},"modified":"2016-01-21T12:07:45","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T12:07:45","slug":"grandparents-childminders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/grandparents-childminders","title":{"rendered":"Grandparents as Childminders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2392\" alt=\"grandmother and granddaughter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Grandmother_and_granddaughter1.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Grandmother_and_granddaughter1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Grandmother_and_granddaughter1-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Elderly Brits are saving the day for hard-pressed working couples with kids.<\/p>\n<p>Almost 10 million grandparents mind their grandchildren for nothing to help their adult children make ends meet.<\/p>\n<p>A new survey by insurance group RIAS reveals the pivotal role played by British grandmas and grandpas.<\/p>\n<p>The number of grandparents providing free childcare has rocketed by 60 per cent in the past five years.<\/p>\n<p>Mums and dads are finding it hard to pay professional childminders and nurseries as costs have risen faster than wages during recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Hands-on grandparents now save working parents a staggering \u00a316.4billion a year.<\/p>\n<p>An average couple whose parents take over childcare duties get around eight hours a week of free babysitting and save \u00a31,650 a year.<\/p>\n<p>Very few grandparents \u2013 just one in 100 \u2013 ask to be paid for the care they give.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elderly Brits are saving the day for hard-pressed working couples with kids. Almost 10 million grandparents mind their grandchildren for nothing to help their adult children make ends meet. A new survey by insurance group RIAS reveals the pivotal role played by British grandmas and grandpas. 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