Mary McCarthy

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1,469 appearances 8 recordings 4 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 11 Sep

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The Claire Byrne Show · Should schools stay open longer to account for working parents? · 28 Jul 2026 podcast

I just think it should be an option.

I mean, if you've got like if it's a very small rural school, like that's understandable if there's only 20 in the school.

But if for average size schools, like there is no reason why they shouldn't be offering it.

They have the space.

There is, I mean, a friend of mine did say that her school, the teachers were reluctant to give up their classrooms and they also had kind of the after clubs running for cash only.

And it was just kind of a cozy situation that worked for nobody really, because, well, it might've worked for the teachers, but it didn't really work for the parents, for the kids as well.

I mean,

A lot of them, it's less stressful for them to be playing in school than to be picked up by a parent who's really stressed, who's got to get home to do a meeting or got to dump them somewhere else or leave them at home on their own even.

I completely agree with you.

And actually, this is why kids are actually in school.

Like they're actually like primary school kids are in school.

I think it's 181 days out of 365.

So they are half their time is out of school, right?

So they do get a decent childhood.

The problem is, you know what?

I loved staying home with my kids.

I would have loved to stay home with my kids until they're all out of primary school.

I would have loved it.

Unfortunately, we were renting.

I couldn't afford that.

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