Croatian Town Pays Grandparents for Child Care

In Szamobor, a novel solution has been invented to the problem of the shortage of kindergarten places.

Croatian town pays grandparents for child care

Read: 2 minA Croatian town has come up with a novel solution to solve the dilemma of working parents when there are no public childcare spaces available: pay grandparents to do it.Samobor, near the capital Zagreb, has become the first in the country to run a “Grandmother-Grandfather Service”, which pays €360 (US$400) a month per child.The scheme allows grandparents to top up their pension, but the authorities also hope it will boost family ties …