If you don’t need the childcare, is the responsible thing to keep your young children out of school?

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn't matter if it's "responsible" it matters if it's the choice you want to make for your family. Can you afford it? Would your child benefit? Would you benefit? Would you feel safe? If the answer to those questions is yes, then use it. If the answer to those questions is no then don't use it.

Don't worry about what other people are or aren't doing, just figure out if it's the right decision for your family.

In the general picture, I agree. In this very specific case of a highly contagious virus, I completely disagree. We have to stop thinking as individuals and start thinking of our community as a whole.

Yes, OP, if you can keep your kids out of daycare and school, the most responsible thing is to do it. It’s not just about “your family”.

You realize this area has had zero outbreaks sourced to a preschool. But sure — continue to judge.

“Outbreaks” but would you feel comfortable with two cases in your class? Would never get officially reported it trust me is happening.

And you know this how?

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t you all realize a nanny is way less safe? You have no clue what the nanny is doing at home and if she gets sick you’re screwed.

A well run preschool is safer and you have a backup if a teacher has to leave.

How do you figure this? At a preschool or school, not only do you not know what the teacher is doing, you have no idea what the backup teachers, admins, or other children and their families are doing. With a nanny you have one variable. With schools you can have dozens.

Well, my kid’s preschool has been open this entire time with no cases. I trust them way more than a nanny who goes home and I have no clue what she’s doing.

You have no clue what the teachers and other parents are doing when they go home at night either!! You trust various underpaid teachers and parents you don’t even know more than ONE nanny who’s become like family to you?! You’re goofy, PP.

And the bar where the local college kids hang out hasn’t had one reported case either. That bar and your school, so far, are just lucky.

My kid’s school is required to report cases so yes — I do know what’s going on with COVID there.

Even if that were true and they were reporting honestly, they haven’t had a case YET, and fifteen asymptomatic kids, teacher and parents could show up tomorrow.

Your reasoning is deeply flawed, PP.

They’ve never closed—aside from 2 weeks when MD maintained all centers close—but sure, I suppose we could suddenly have an outbreak tomorrow.

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Judge away, but it's incredibly draining to have a preschooler and baby at home, with nowhere "fun" to go, every single day, including weekends, for severals months now. The responsible thing is to drop my kid off at preschool for everybody's sanity. He enjoys the socialization and doing something different, and I enjoy the quiet. Win-win.

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Anonymous wrote:Judge away, but it's incredibly draining to have a preschooler and baby at home, with nowhere "fun" to go, every single day, including weekends, for severals months now. The responsible thing is to drop my kid off at preschool for everybody's sanity. He enjoys the socialization and doing something different, and I enjoy the quiet. Win-win.

Yes and many, many centers in the DMV have been open this entire time and there are no known outbreaks because this area is fairly responsible.

But the haughty SAHMs on this board will judge because they’re witches.

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn't matter if it's "responsible" it matters if it's the choice you want to make for your family. Can you afford it? Would your child benefit? Would you benefit? Would you feel safe? If the answer to those questions is yes, then use it. If the answer to those questions is no then don't use it.

Don't worry about what other people are or aren't doing, just figure out if it's the right decision for your family.

In the general picture, I agree. In this very specific case of a highly contagious virus, I completely disagree. We have to stop thinking as individuals and start thinking of our community as a whole.

Yes, OP, if you can keep your kids out of daycare and school, the most responsible thing is to do it. It’s not just about “your family”.

You realize this area has had zero outbreaks sourced to a preschool. But sure — continue to judge.

+1 my kids have been in daycare/preschool all along, and so have the children of pretty much everyone I work with. no issues at all. I don't get the hysterics.

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Also what’s the obsession with nannies? There’s nowhere to take kids. You want your kid hanging out with one adult all day? They need socialization with their peers.

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Anonymous wrote:We are so lucky to have a former teacher as our nanny. We have enough outdoor space as well as indoor play areas. My rising kindergartener and preschooler are doing fine at home - learning at a fast pace and enjoying it.

I could send them both back to school but why? I feel like I should leave those spots for kids with parents who desperately need the childcare. Am I right?

School is for education. Maybe YOUR nanny is able to provide adequate education to your children because she is a former teacher--but there are many children who do not have former teachers as their nannies and they deserve an education.

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Anonymous wrote:Also what’s the obsession with nannies? There’s nowhere to take kids. You want your kid hanging out with one adult all day? They need socialization with their peers.

A little one doesn’t need “socialization”. A great nanny is a great teacher.

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Anonymous wrote:Also what’s the obsession with nannies? There’s nowhere to take kids. You want your kid hanging out with one adult all day? They need socialization with their peers.

A little one doesn’t need “socialization”. A great nanny is a great teacher.

LOL

Are you serious with this crap?!

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Anonymous wrote:We are so lucky to have a former teacher as our nanny. We have enough outdoor space as well as indoor play areas. My rising kindergartener and preschooler are doing fine at home - learning at a fast pace and enjoying it.

I could send them both back to school but why? I feel like I should leave those spots for kids with parents who desperately need the childcare. Am I right?

School is for education. Maybe YOUR nanny is able to provide adequate education to your children because she is a former teacher--but there are many children who do not have former teachers as their nannies and they deserve an education.

Also kids need socialization, despite what moronic PP thinks.

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Anonymous wrote:For preschool/daycare - yes. I do get judge when I see this particular mother drop her child off at all day preschool with aftercare so the mother can have some peace while her nanny takes care of the baby.

Does she have a job? Maybe she needs to get work done from home?

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Anonymous wrote:Also what’s the obsession with nannies? There’s nowhere to take kids. You want your kid hanging out with one adult all day? They need socialization with their peers.

I read no “obsession” with nannies. Posters were just pointed out the wrong thinking of one poster who said preschool was safer (covid risk wise) than a nanny. Which is numerically ridiculous.

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Emphatically so.

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Anonymous wrote:For preschool/daycare - yes. I do get judge when I see this particular mother drop her child off at all day preschool with aftercare so the mother can have some peace while her nanny takes care of the baby.

Does she have a job? Maybe she needs to get work done from home?

And maybe she’s just an entitled me-me-me person.

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Anonymous wrote:Also what’s the obsession with nannies? There’s nowhere to take kids. You want your kid hanging out with one adult all day? They need socialization with their peers.

I read no “obsession” with nannies. Posters were just pointed out the wrong thinking of one poster who said preschool was safer (covid risk wise) than a nanny. Which is numerically ridiculous.

Tons of people on this forum love to point out their “perfect” nanny and claim kids don’t need socialization. It’s asinine.

Also, considering we’ve had no outbreaks in this area sourced to daycares or preschools, I don’t see how they’re SO much riskier than a nanny.