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Firm's initiative to allow parents to spend school holidays with their kids

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A family packs nets and umbrellas into the back of a car.
A family packs nets and umbrellas into the back of a car.(Flickr: State Farm)

Juggling the care of children during school holidays is an enduring struggle.

An engineering firm's initiative to allow parents to spend all 12 weeks of the school holidays caring for their children, while receiving a monthly pro-rata salary, is being applauded by stretched Australian families.

Juggling the care of children during school holidays is an enduring struggle.

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Dr Amanda Cooklin, senior research fellow, Judith Lumley Centre, Latrobe University
Helen Fraser, human resources director, AECOMM
Jo Briskey, executive director, The Parenthood

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