2 parents WFH, what do you do with kids?

[Anonymous]

Nanny share.

We had about 3 months between nannies during covid when we juggled. My husband dropped from 40 hrs a week to 30 temporarily, and we traded on and off during the day. It was really hard, but pretty well timed (baby was sleep trained and still doing 3 naps a day till near the end), temporary, and our jobs were very understanding.

[Anonymous]

Daycare

[Anonymous]

Day care.

My oldest is in K this year and we're avoiding camps by getting help from parents for much of the summer, but that's because of the exceptional circumstances this year and we'd never presume it will be a regular thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Day care.

My oldest is in K this year and we're avoiding camps by getting help from parents for much of the summer, but that's because of the exceptional circumstances this year and we'd never presume it will be a regular thing.

Send your poor kid to camp. Yes even if they are “immunocompromised.” We had ONE case in nova today. Let that sink in. It’s safe. Pick an outdoor camp. Your kid is probably on edge after a year of virtual school and a super super covid anxious parent.

[Anonymous]

I have twins in 4th grade. last year we just let them entertain themselves all day during the summer. This year we have maybe 2 weeks of camp plus 2 weeks of summer vacation for the family. The rest of the time they will be entering themselves again.

[Anonymous]

Daycare, then school+aftercare and day camp. Then COVID hit and everything closed, so I kept my kid home with me. It was a hard adjustment for both of us, but eventually we figured it out. We’re doing day camp this summer, but I am thinking about dropping before/aftercare in the fall. He’ll be 8.5 and knows how to entertain himself for a few hours while I work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Day care.

My oldest is in K this year and we're avoiding camps by getting help from parents for much of the summer, but that's because of the exceptional circumstances this year and we'd never presume it will be a regular thing.

Send your poor kid to camp. Yes even if they are “immunocompromised.” We had ONE case in nova today. Let that sink in. It’s safe. Pick an outdoor camp. Your kid is probably on edge after a year of virtual school and a super super covid anxious parent.

Why assume it’s related to COVID? I would happily avoid the expense of camp with a grandparent alternative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Day care.

My oldest is in K this year and we're avoiding camps by getting help from parents for much of the summer, but that's because of the exceptional circumstances this year and we'd never presume it will be a regular thing.

Send your poor kid to camp. Yes even if they are “immunocompromised.” We had ONE case in nova today. Let that sink in. It’s safe. Pick an outdoor camp. Your kid is probably on edge after a year of virtual school and a super super covid anxious parent.

Eh, camp will be there next year. It's not really about covid anxiety, it's that we made these plans with the family (who live out of state) many months ago before schools reopened and covid got so much better. The kids are excited, the grandparents are excited, kid is not excited about camp.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Day care.

My oldest is in K this year and we're avoiding camps by getting help from parents for much of the summer, but that's because of the exceptional circumstances this year and we'd never presume it will be a regular thing.

Send your poor kid to camp. Yes even if they are “immunocompromised.” We had ONE case in nova today. Let that sink in. It’s safe. Pick an outdoor camp. Your kid is probably on edge after a year of virtual school and a super super covid anxious parent.

Eh, camp will be there next year. It's not really about covid anxiety, it's that we made these plans with the family (who live out of state) many months ago before schools reopened and covid got so much better. The kids are excited, the grandparents are excited, kid is not excited about camp.

PS kid has been in hybrid school all semester.

[Anonymous]

My DH and I worked opposite shifts. I'm an RN, he's a police officer

[Anonymous]

How old are these kids? We have full time daycare. You can't work and have kids at home.

[Anonymous]

Daycare/preschool/summer camp. We’re still working so we need childcare like anyone else. Our house isn’t huge and I don’t like being a household employer, so we didn’t choose the nanny route although we had to get in-home help with COVID, which was ok, but stressful with so many people in the house all the time, especially during winter.

Kids are back in-person now and doing SO much better. They’re both really social kids (preschool and hybrid K).

The main upside of working from home as a working parent is cutting out your commute so your kids aren’t in a care setting for a very long time. And with staggering hours, we probably won’t need aftercare next year. Also, my boss is pretty understanding about letting me telework with a sick kid at home every now and then. So it’s that type of thing that makes work from home easier than going into an office. But I would never try to work and care for my kids unless I wanted to lose my last thread of sanity.

[Anonymous]

Full-time nanny. During the summer she's full-time kids. During the school year she's part-time kids (unless they're off for some reason) and part-time house manager.