government.nl (16.03.2020)

It is essential that people doing crucial jobs can continue to go to work. So childcare will still be available for the children of people working in one of the crucial sectors. Families in which only one of the parents works in a crucial sector are being asked to look after their children themselves. If this is not possible, they can send their children to school and/or their childcare provider (day nursery, out-of-school care or childminder). It is not a hard requirement that both parents work in a crucial sector. For the government, it is important that people working in crucial sectors can continue to work, and that childcare is available for them. Many children who would normally go to childcare are now at home.