By Oluwatoyin Ajilore-Chukwuemeka
In my last article, I addressed the growing trend of overschooling and the need for parents and guardians to let their children breathe.
As expected, I received a number of responses and questions on the role running a two-working-parent family plays in increasingly longer school hours. I said as expected because I am aware of this role. While writing the earlier article, my husband mentioned that some parents keep their children in school for long hours mostly because of their work. My recent enquiries into School B which I referred to in the last article also pointed to this. The spokesperson had casually mentioned that the school ran the 7.30 am-5 pm schedule partly because of working parents.
One of the responses I got pointed out that: “More often than not, parents nowadays don’t have a place to keep their kids during work…
