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@magic123 That sounds like our situation in Germany. Even with the Hort it is hard here bc pickup is by 5 so the parent has to leave work sometime before then. We are in a Ganztagsschule (a quasi-private English/German school) which goes until 3:30 and after that the choices are a school run...

@keb1990 German school systems are run by each federal state separately (like in the US the states run their schools differently) and local schools also have plenty of leeway on what kind of afterschool care they offer. I don't know what country you're in but it sounds like it's quite different...

@keb1990 Berlin is its own thing. Munich and Hamburg probably have more options too. But much of Germany remains traditional.

@keb1990 Unfortunately that's not so popular here (I'm outside Hannover - could be different in Munich or the big cities). There's a couple hours of after school care for elementary school kids offered at the Kita, but only a few children can do it as there isn't much capacity. Honestly, I...

@hariel Yeah i live in Germany and we had to find a full-day school for my kids because here public school is generally like 8-12:45(!) or so and moms are expected to shepherd their kids around in the afternoons to sports and activities, and then do tons of homework in the evenings to make up...