The Parent Trap: 'Moving out of London to live near grandparents saves us £150 a week on childcare'
A toxic combination of spiralling nursery fees and mortgage rates, along with the cost-of-living crisis, has left a significant number of London parents relying on grandparents to supplement or, indeed, be their childcare.
Many young families are ‘forced’ into living near grandparents so they can take advantage of this support.
New research by Zoopla surveyed 2,000 UK parents and found over six in 10 London parents (62 per cent) with children under 13 relied on grandparents for support and, as a result, two thirds (66 per cent) of these parents felt ‘trapped’ into living near them.
