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In Denmark almost every adult works - also the women. There are mothers who remain at home and look after their children for years, but they're few and far between. In Denmark you can have a year's maternity leave paid for by the state, and most women take a half or a full year off when they've just had a child, but then they return to their jobs.
Many new fathers also take advantage of the opportunity of leave, but not as many as mothers. Some mothers have part-time jobs, but most work full time, and that means 7 or 8 hours. That's why many little kids spend many hours in day-care centres each day.
When they're about 6 years old, it's time to go to school. They start by going to a pre-school kind of thing, a nursery school class. In the nursery school class the children have to get used to sitting quietly on their chairs and listen to what the teacher says.
School children often spend a couple of hours each day in a kind of youth centre, until they get old enough to be home alone in the afternoon - or visit friends to play, which many kids prefer. So in the busy Danish society, the family often spends time together only in the evenings and week-ends - and of course during holidays.
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