Childcare is taking on a higher profile in the British military, providing security for young children whose parents are frequently away. Annette Rawstrone reports
Life can be anything but regimented for the children of parents serving in the military. But nurseries and pre-schools are playing an important role in helping to bring stability and support.
The children of service personnel can be faced with a parents' long absence if they are sent to work elsewhere or an unsettling move as parents are posted to another area or country.
'Attending pre-school gives the children continuity in their lives,' says Sue Wood, pre-school supervisor at Clocktower House Pre-school in Aldershot, Hampshire, where 90 per cent of the children attending come from a military background.
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