ABSTRACT
Employed parents must scramble these days to provide acceptable after-school arrangements for their children. A flexible job, a sympathetic employer, a supportive relative, or a terrific after-school program may smooth the way, but for most employed parents providing satisfactory after-school arrangements for children remains a challenge. Responses to this challenge differ, reflecting parents’ differing resources, values, and experiences. Many families settle for arrangements they do not like, because they can find no real alternatives. Even arrangements that work well for a time, often prove
disappointing later on. Children change, programs change, and readjustments are required.
