Returned college students as “mother’s helpers”?

[Anonymous]

With all the college students returning home after campus closures, it seems like a natural fit to hire someone to help with the kids while parents telework/ go into the office. Obviously they’ll eventually have remote coursework to do, but I’d think they could at least provide part-time help.

Are there drawbacks I’m not thinking of? Of course, it would need to be someone you trusted to take good preventive measures outside your house as well.

[Anonymous]

Here’s a drawback: you are potentially spreading the virus and endangering your family and the college kid. Take care of your own children and stay away from other people!


Why can’t people understand this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here’s a drawback: you are potentially spreading the virus and endangering your family and the college kid. Take care of your own children and stay away from other people!


Why can’t people understand this?

Why cant you understand that some people have to work and can't do that and take care of children at the same time?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here’s a drawback: you are potentially spreading the virus and endangering your family and the college kid. Take care of your own children and stay away from other people!


Why can’t people understand this?

We’re creating smaller social circles. Some parents have to work. Better to have one young person in the house providing care, than having the child go to a large group environment. Some of our changes have to be incremental. We can’t all be quarantined for the next two months or however long this will take.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s a drawback: you are potentially spreading the virus and endangering your family and the college kid. Take care of your own children and stay away from other people!


Why can’t people understand this?

Why cant you understand that some people have to work and can't do that and take care of children at the same time?

You have to figure out a way. With your spouses and bosses - you have to find away. You cannot be this selfish and irresponsible, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s a drawback: you are potentially spreading the virus and endangering your family and the college kid. Take care of your own children and stay away from other people!


Why can’t people understand this?

Why cant you understand that some people have to work and can't do that and take care of children at the same time?

It would be idiotic for a college student to accept this arrangement. Also most college students have parents who are at least in their 50’s or older! If they’re home from school that means they live with at least one moderately high risk individual. Stupid all around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s a drawback: you are potentially spreading the virus and endangering your family and the college kid. Take care of your own children and stay away from other people!


Why can’t people understand this?

We’re creating smaller social circles. Some parents have to work. Better to have one young person in the house providing care, than having the child go to a large group environment. Some of our changes have to be incremental. We can’t all be quarantined for the next two months or however long this will take.

It’s going to take so much longer to get through this with your reasoning.


OP is HOME. She can stagger her schedule and find away to care for her own children without involving a college student.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s a drawback: you are potentially spreading the virus and endangering your family and the college kid. Take care of your own children and stay away from other people!


Why can’t people understand this?

We’re creating smaller social circles. Some parents have to work. Better to have one young person in the house providing care, than having the child go to a large group environment. Some of our changes have to be incremental. We can’t all be quarantined for the next two months or however long this will take.

Yes, some parents have to work out of the house. OP isn’t one of them.

[Anonymous]

It’s truly tragic that people like OP simply don’t get it. Is it stupidity? Denial? Self-centeredness or narcissism?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s a drawback: you are potentially spreading the virus and endangering your family and the college kid. Take care of your own children and stay away from other people!


Why can’t people understand this?

We’re creating smaller social circles. Some parents have to work. Better to have one young person in the house providing care, than having the child go to a large group environment. Some of our changes have to be incremental. We can’t all be quarantined for the next two months or however long this will take.

Yes, some parents have to work out of the house. OP isn’t one of them.

I’ve done WAH for many years. It is difficult to get anything done with little kids in the house. Sure, a mother’s helper is an imperfect solution, but it’s much better than the alternative of sending the kids to a group setting. We can’t all stop working for months on end. It’s not going to happen. Stop bashing people for doing what they can in the current circumstances.

[Anonymous]

its so telling that everyone on DCUM would rather sacrifice the health of their family than refuse to work. I’m taking LWOP for the next 3 weeks. Sucks to not get paid, but paying for ICU bills will leave me bankrupt! I’m not taking that chance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s a drawback: you are potentially spreading the virus and endangering your family and the college kid. Take care of your own children and stay away from other people!


Why can’t people understand this?

We’re creating smaller social circles. Some parents have to work. Better to have one young person in the house providing care, than having the child go to a large group environment. Some of our changes have to be incremental. We can’t all be quarantined for the next two months or however long this will take.

Yes, some parents have to work out of the house. OP isn’t one of them.

I’ve done WAH for many years. It is difficult to get anything done with little kids in the house. Sure, a mother’s helper is an imperfect solution, but it’s much better than the alternative of sending the kids to a group setting. We can’t all stop working for months on end. It’s not going to happen. Stop bashing people for doing what they can in the current circumstances.

Nonsense! For two to eight weeks you can stagger your schedules. I’m getting up at 4AM to get three hours in before my kids wake up. And am working long after they go to bed.

If you care so little to send your kids to some group care that is in place for essential personnel not able to work from home (doctors, nurses, cops, et all)
You are simply a bad, selfish person

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s truly tragic that people like OP simply don’t get it. Is it stupidity? Denial? Self-centeredness or narcissism?

All of the above. Adding entitled.

[Anonymous]

Yes, people will use college helpers.

Some people cannot telewok.

Or would you morons like the trash to pile up, electricity and water to stop working, disability to stop being processed, etc

[Anonymous]

OP, the drawback is that you should be practicing social distancing.