[nohuck13]

I'm sure you're right that bad things tend to be invisible to me, the article even has an example of children trying to keep their shopping a secret.

But 1 in 3.5... idk, if you assume households with kids have a couple of kids, that's getting pretty close to saying the median UK household with a 9 to 18 year old has a 50+ hour caring situation. I don't see that being invisible.

> Not immediately clear if "caring for family members" includes older children caring for younger children, but that would certainly bring up the numbers.

Suspect this is basically right as well.

[bombcar]

I suspect it hinges on "caring" - if we assume a child aged 0 to 5 needs constant supervision, that is 84 waking hours or so that need to be supervised. If that supervision is caring, then someone could easily spend 50+ hours caring for them even as they do other things.

[LorenPechtel]

And you can just walk off when they're asleep? The might wake up. Someone in that age bracket needs 24/7 care, although much of it is merely requires presence.