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Yeah school starts between 7 and 9am, but we still have the problem on the other side in the US, schools end between 1:30 and 4pm (at least here in CA). Figuring out after care is an exercise left to the reader.

It’s completely ridiculous, especially considering how sane many (most?) countries in the rest of the world have it.

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It's another problem that wasn't one in a time where a single income household could maintain a nuclear family. But like most child care, it's adapted horribly and the costs have skyrocketed.

Granted, even if they were on 2 income households in the 70's, it was also a time where 10YO's were trusted to get home or even walk home unattended, so it'd only be an issue for the youngest primary students. That may still be the case in some Asian countries today, but certainly not in the US.

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