Workspace Most childcare in London is built around a working day that ends at a fixed time, five days a week, booked a term in advance. Self-employed and freelance parents rarely work that way. Deadlines shift. Client calls land at 8am or 6pm. Some weeks need five days of cover, others need none. Inner London nursery waitlists commonly run to several months, and most places are sold as full-time, term-time placements. For a parent running a business from a laptop, that structure doesn't map...

"Coworking with childcare" describes a small but growing category of spaces where parents work and their children are cared for in the same building, sometimes called a play café. KindHaus, in Hackney, is one example: a workspace and a Froebel-informed Studio, ten metres apart, under one roof. If you haven't used a space like this before, the model raises practical questions before it raises philosophical ones. Here's how it actually runs. What happens during a coworking with childcare...

KindHaus is a play café in Stoke Newington, N16. It sits inside Hackney Haus at Walrond House, 6a Howard Road, London N16 8PX, alongside KindHaus's Studio and workspace. Walk in. No membership required. The café and play area are open to any family in Stoke Newington, whether or not you use KindHaus's wider Studio or workspace. What's on the menu Notes Coffee Roasters supply the espresso, pulled on a La Marzocco two-group machine with a Victoria Arduino grinder. The kitchen runs alongside it,...