Guidelines to help ‘latchkey school kids’

NEW guidelines to help fight the ‘latchkey school kid’ phenomenon were launched yesterday.

A School Age Childcare code will act as a guide for people who care for children during the hours after school and the time parents return home from work.

The Code of Practice was launched by Minister for Children Brian Lenihan at a School Age Childcare Conference organised by Limerick City Childcare Committee who pioneered childcare development in association with committees in County Limerick and North Tipperary.