A survey by the children's charity Coram found while the average British parent will need to fork out 234 a week for a holiday childminder, in inner London it costs 306 a week that's 1,800 for six weeks.
Growing up in South Florida, summer breaks were a blur of pool days, sleepovers, mall trips, and a lot of sleeping in. My days fell into an easy rhythm: I'd roll out of bed around noon, toss on a swimsuit, grab a Diet Pepsi and a granola bar, then flop into a lounge chair by the pool.