Kids more likely to be neglected in summer holidays – new poll [Independent.ie]
- Published: 05 August 2011
Parents are feeding other people's children, and inviting them to stay during the holidays amid concerns that they are neglected at home, a poll suggests.
One in four parents say children are more likely to be neglected during the school holidays than during term time.
And one in ten (10pc) admit they have cared for a child in the school holidays that was not their own because they thought they were not being properly looked after at home.
The Action For Children poll questioned 2,000 parents with a child aged under 18 about their concerns for other people's children during the summer holidays.
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