honest question - what do we do with our kids after May 29?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Curious how the teachers living in Maryland and Virginia will swing childcare for their own kids if they are now forced to return to work July 27th and their kids don’t start school until September 8th.

Do what many other families who work do- camp, grandparents, take leave, etc.

I agree but I can only imagine what the parents on this board would say if their kids teacher was out the first 3 weeks of school cause their kids was still out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Curious how the teachers living in Maryland and Virginia will swing childcare for their own kids if they are now forced to return to work July 27th and their kids don’t start school until September 8th.

Do what many other families who work do- camp, grandparents, take leave, etc.

Pretty sure teachers don’t get 3 weeks of leave. Also sure that teaching is the most flexible child friendly jobs in a lot of cases which is why the pay is abysmal and the unions would not allow that to happen where teachers are forced to start work three weeks before regular school without any flexibility or understanding.

The problem is that a lot of bratty children are in the DMV area. When your child was interrupting the education of mine and other children, you shrugged the teacher off and your lack of caring was a just deal attitude. Now that you have to deal with the bratty behavior of your own spawn you now see what the teacher was saying. If you raise your children well and raise them to understand your boundaries and expectations then the stress factor is not going to be there as much. The only thing you need to do is sign up for mail subscriptions to Kids Time Magazine, Plan outdoor activities (yard pop, chalk on the sidewalk, trail walking), KiwiCo, etc.

75% of the panicking on this board is people not knowing how to be active parents because they are used to outsourcing parenting to the ah pair/nanny, the teachers (private, public or charter) or some family member.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Curious how the teachers living in Maryland and Virginia will swing childcare for their own kids if they are now forced to return to work July 27th and their kids don’t start school until September 8th.

Do what many other families who work do- camp, grandparents, take leave, etc.

Pretty sure teachers don’t get 3 weeks of leave. Also sure that teaching is the most flexible child friendly jobs in a lot of cases which is why the pay is abysmal and the unions would not allow that to happen where teachers are forced to start work three weeks before regular school without any flexibility or understanding.

The problem is that a lot of bratty children are in the DMV area. When your child was interrupting the education of mine and other children, you shrugged the teacher off and your lack of caring was a just deal attitude. Now that you have to deal with the bratty behavior of your own spawn you now see what the teacher was saying. If you raise your children well and raise them to understand your boundaries and expectations then the stress factor is not going to be there as much. The only thing you need to do is sign up for mail subscriptions to Kids Time Magazine, Plan outdoor activities (yard pop, chalk on the sidewalk, trail walking), KiwiCo, etc.

75% of the panicking on this board is people not knowing how to be active parents because they are used to outsourcing parenting to the ah pair/nanny, the teachers (private, public or charter) or some family member.

In DCPS you get 12 days a year and you never lose the days from year to year. So actually I think a good number of people who have been in the system for 5+ years probably have 15 days. And many jobs don't get three weeks of leave. This is an emergency situation and I think going back three weeks early is not unreasonable.

[Anonymous]

Teacher here- I’ve taught children from all of the wards in the city and can assure you there is no correlation between the ward a child lives in and rather or not he/she has demonstrates poor behavior, so let’s stop that convo RIGHT NOW.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here- I’ve taught children from all of the wards in the city and can assure you there is no correlation between the ward a child lives in and rather or not he/she has demonstrates poor behavior, so let’s stop that convo RIGHT NOW.

Dear Teacher,

Maybe you need to go back and re-read the earlier posts. This point was conveyed earlier, not sure why you are arguing with yourself.

[Anonymous]

Ladies- we will take 8 weeks of paid family leave. Enjoy going back to a school of substitute teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here- I’ve taught children from all of the wards in the city and can assure you there is no correlation between the ward a child lives in and rather or not he/she has demonstrates poor behavior, so let’s stop that convo RIGHT NOW.

Dear Teacher,

Maybe you need to go back and re-read the earlier posts. This point was conveyed earlier, not sure why you are arguing with yourself.

“Well, the behavior of the Emmas, Brads, Emilys, and Hunters of wards 3 and 6 is a lot worse.” Direct quote, right on this page. Feel free to join one of my remedial reading groups in August!

[Anonymous]

Um, how about using this time to form a relationship with your child?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Um, how about using this time to form a relationship with your child?

You are truly an a$$hole. You don’t have a demanding job? Not worried about your kids playing in the street for hours while you work trying not to lose your job so you still feed your kids? There was lots of good ideas in this thread like Outschool, for example. You’re just an unhelpful piece of sh$t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here- I’ve taught children from all of the wards in the city and can assure you there is no correlation between the ward a child lives in and rather or not he/she has demonstrates poor behavior, so let’s stop that convo RIGHT NOW.

Dear Teacher,

Maybe you need to go back and re-read the earlier posts. This point was conveyed earlier, not sure why you are arguing with yourself.

“Well, the behavior of the Emmas, Brads, Emilys, and Hunters of wards 3 and 6 is a lot worse.” Direct quote, right on this page. Feel free to join one of my remedial reading groups in August!

Bam!

Thanks, Teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Um, how about using this time to form a relationship with your child?

You are truly an a$$hole. You don’t have a demanding job? Not worried about your kids playing in the street for hours while you work trying not to lose your job so you still feed your kids? There was lots of good ideas in this thread like Outschool, for example. You’re just an unhelpful piece of sh$t.

NP. You seem stressed, PP. If you can't devote time to your family right now, maybe you should at least learn how to better cope with stress. There are lots of resources out there. No need to lash out at others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Um, how about using this time to form a relationship with your child?

You are truly an a$$hole. You don’t have a demanding job? Not worried about your kids playing in the street for hours while you work trying not to lose your job so you still feed your kids? There was lots of good ideas in this thread like Outschool, for example. You’re just an unhelpful piece of sh$t.

NP. You seem stressed, PP. If you can't devote time to your family right now, maybe you should at least learn how to better cope with stress. There are lots of resources out there. No need to lash out at others.

NP: PP, you are as helpful as the people implying or saying outright that because we are stressed about how to manage work and family in this unprecedented time, that we don't have strong bonds with our kids, or we've made life decisions that don't prioritize the right things. Nothing like a patronizing pat on the head to really make someone feel great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Um, how about using this time to form a relationship with your child?

You are truly an a$$hole. You don’t have a demanding job? Not worried about your kids playing in the street for hours while you work trying not to lose your job so you still feed your kids? There was lots of good ideas in this thread like Outschool, for example. You’re just an unhelpful piece of sh$t.

NP. You seem stressed, PP. If you can't devote time to your family right now, maybe you should at least learn how to better cope with stress. There are lots of resources out there. No need to lash out at others.

NP: PP, you are as helpful as the people implying or saying outright that because we are stressed about how to manage work and family in this unprecedented time, that we don't have strong bonds with our kids, or we've made life decisions that don't prioritize the right things. Nothing like a patronizing pat on the head to really make someone feel great.

PP here. Encouraging someone to destress when they’re lashing out at others in an expletive-laden post at someone’s silly and perfectly ignorable comment is sound advice. Perhaps they have blinders on and can’t see how out of control their own behavior is. It certainly seems that the other poster’s remark about quality time really struck a nerve. The anger-prone poster may feel that this is a huge area of weakness for them and feel shame about their poor parent-child relationship and felt triggered by that remark. Whatever the case, my advice was offered out of concern, and still stands. I hope they take it. You should, too. I’ll give it to you for free!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Um, how about using this time to form a relationship with your child?

I have a great relationship with my children. It does not, and has never, included being their primary source of education while I work a full time job. If you can accomplish those things and still be a productive employee and a good teacher...not a parent, because in no time in recent US history were parents expected to be the primary source of their child’s education, I commend you. I can’t do it. Many of us are struggling to manage these new roles that we never expected to undertake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Um, how about using this time to form a relationship with your child?

I have a great relationship with my child. I'm a little bit concerned that it's going to affect my relationship with my employer if I spent all my time in June hanging out with my kid, though.