> "In the United Kingdom, about a million young people under 18 years old spend more than 50 hours a week caring for family members"

> "Roughly 15,000 of them are children, with 3,000 just 5 to 9 years old.

You can't dump your parents that easilly when you're under 18, and at 5-9 the only other option is being placed into local authority care.