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I use a Halfords trailer mainly for transporting my 3 year old to nursery every morning.
Occasionally her 5 yr old sister will get in too. I've used it for about 2 years now.
IIRC it cost about £70/£80 in a sale.
I suspect most parents have more than one child and tend to have them close to each other so you'll need space for two up to the age of 5 or so.
It will need to be really weather proof. Wet kids does not a happy parent make.
Any chance of expanding as the kids grow would be useful especially as roof tends to be too low and it gets a bit cramped.
It will need to be very safe as well - rollbar, straps, strong, not likely to flip over etc...
Originally we wanted a trailer that could convert into a push along buggy so I could drop the kids off in the morning and someone else could then pick them up and use the same trailer as a buggy to take them home.
There are some that do that but are either too expensive (for us) or not well designed (cheap ones from Amazon). The latter did convert into a trailer but the brakes rubbed and were shite and it took about 5-10 mins to swap from bike trailer to buggy and risked losing some skin and blood. It needs to be done in seconds for it to really work as both.
I prefer trailers to bike seats as it is easy to remove and the bike still looks like a bike.
There's so much I've had to sacrifice for the bairns, putting some hideous child seat on my ride crosses the line.
Good luck with your project. I suspect the compromises you'll have to come up with will make it unappealing to almost everyone, but v happy to be proved wrong!