00:02Sitting between her two grandmas, Coco Boyle is completely at home.
00:06It's just building that closeness and that relationship with them that is just priceless.
00:13The seven-year-old's grandmothers have helped care for her since she was born, freeing up her parents to work
00:19full-time.
00:19I just don't know what we would have done without the grandparents.
00:23I'm back to playing handball so, you know, it keeps you young. They forget how old you are at times.
00:30As cost of living pressures rise, many parents have no choice but to work full-time.
00:35But the more they work, the less childcare subsidy they receive.
00:40You're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't.
00:42So families are turning to their own parents for help.
00:44We are hearing that there are more and more demands on grandparents.
00:48While childcare can have huge benefits for grandparents' wellbeing, research shows providing more than 13 hours of care a week
00:55can impact their own economic security and physical health.
00:59Experts say there needs to be greater investment in affordable childcare, more flexible workplaces and an extension to paid parental
01:07leave to give families more choice.
01:10Parents are having a hard time meeting their childcare needs and governments are really leaning on grandparents to fill that
01:16gap.
01:18But the better!
01:18So you're turning to bed.
01:18I do not return, can it work.
01:19The better?
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