What are your plans for childcare with hybrid model school?

[Anonymous]

Out kids are already in a taekwondo summer camp. They will be offering pickup and drop off around the schools schedule.

DH and I both work from home, always have. But the key word is WORK. I cannot just level our kids hours a day without any direction or supervision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It depends for us - will the days be shorter too and holidays longer?
I am thinking Au pair but I hear they are hard to get now.

Our au pair told us the first week of lockdown that she wanted to leave. Within a week we had matched with a new au pair from Costa Rica. Her visa interview is now scheduled for August and we hope she arrives for the beginning of school. Costa Rica is one of the better performing au pair countries right now in that they are still giving visa appointments at all.

[Anonymous]

DH and I have jobs that will likely still be remote working this fall, so that’s how we will handle it.

It has been really, really difficult but honestly having them in school two days a week will seem so much easier compared to now when they are home 24/7. DH and I will try to be super productive on the days they are in school to give us a little more flexibility on the days they are home.

I’m also considering hiring a college student to help out in the mornings a few days a week as well. We have already been told there will not be aftercare so I can use that money towards a babysitter.

[Anonymous]

Not sure. We’ve been strict on isolation and have relied on grandma for childcare. Don’t know if we would do that once they are in school part time.

We can both likely still work from home. Actually working with the kids home isn’t easy, but between working really hard when they are in school (hopefully the same day), working some odd hours, and honestly working less, we will find a way to make it work.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a nanny this is great for us. If you want to keep my availability open, you need to pay me 40hrs. I already have a new family. Old family just wanted to pay me for part time hours, but new family is willing to pay full time to retain me in case of shut downs or schedule changes so I get guaranteed hours. I suggest you do the same if you want to keep reliable childcare. Nannies won’t stick around if they can get paid full time hours somewhere else.

Then more nannies will enter the market - teachers with masters degrees who retired or too medical leave bc they didn’t want the exposure.

If I left the classroom because I didn't want covid exposure, the last job I'd want would be one with kids who were in school 1/2 time, and parents working outside the home. I don't really see how that's better.

I've already lined up an online teaching job, but if that wasn't an option, I'd look for a nanny with infant/toddlers and parents working from home.

Please don't tell me you're also still drawing a full teacher salary while you pursue your online tutoring business. I heard some teachers were doing this already. This spring my kid would only get like 15mins of DL in the name of giving teachers more time to "prep". Total BS.

[Anonymous]

Lucky to be able to WFH pretty liberally. DH will likely have some flexibility. Feel very lucky.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We’re thinking about continuing our 5-year-old in pre-K. It’s a full day program and he could just go on his off days.

This is what I'm doing but i have no idea what to do with my rising 3rd grader. Me and dh work 2 essential jobs with zero flexibility. This is horrible

WOW. Please only do this if you were already planning to redshirt your August/September child or if you have an older child, I would plan to skip Kindergarten and start him in first grade with his same-aged peers.

We have a neighbor whose kid has a JANUARY birthday who wants to redshirt him. Can you imagine?? My child has a July birthday and will be starting Kindergarten on time in 2021. This kid is going to be 18 months older than her and in the same class!!

[Anonymous]

DH and I are hoping that our employers will be understanding and allow us each to work 2 days from home. Preschooler will, hopefully, be in preschool full-time. Fingers crossed that schools have kids in school 2 days a week and not one.

I don't know how families where both or one parent are essential workers are going to do it. I feel for you all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We’re thinking about continuing our 5-year-old in pre-K. It’s a full day program and he could just go on his off days.

This is what I'm doing but i have no idea what to do with my rising 3rd grader. Me and dh work 2 essential jobs with zero flexibility. This is horrible

WOW. Please only do this if you were already planning to redshirt your August/September child or if you have an older child, I would plan to skip Kindergarten and start him in first grade with his same-aged peers.

We have a neighbor whose kid has a JANUARY birthday who wants to redshirt him. Can you imagine?? My child has a July birthday and will be starting Kindergarten on time in 2021. This kid is going to be 18 months older than her and in the same class!!

NP - this is going to happen much more with the 2020-2021 K class than it usually does. I think many people won’t think twice about redshirting kids not for any academic advantage but so they have a shot at an in-person K experience the next fall.

[Anonymous]

We do not have flexible schedules. I'm hoping to send my kids to school like normal!

If they aren't there, they will be at some sort of day care or camp or co-op sitter like the majority of kids. Which is why they might as well just open schools! Going to school a couple days a week does very little to minimize risk in my opinion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Out kids are already in a taekwondo summer camp. They will be offering pickup and drop off around the schools schedule.

DH and I both work from home, always have. But the key word is WORK. I cannot just level our kids hours a day without any direction or supervision.

the taekwondo place is going to do full day daycare on the days kids don't have school?

[Anonymous]

OOOPs, I read wrong. So you just want an advantage for your JULY kid NEXT fall? tough titties. That K class is going to be huge.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As a nanny this is great for us. If you want to keep my availability open, you need to pay me 40hrs. I already have a new family. Old family just wanted to pay me for part time hours, but new family is willing to pay full time to retain me in case of shut downs or schedule changes so I get guaranteed hours. I suggest you do the same if you want to keep reliable childcare. Nannies won’t stick around if they can get paid full time hours somewhere else.

Thanks for the threatening tip that was unrelated to OPs question or anyone who can't afford a nanny. There's a nanny board for these posts.

I don’t think that’s a threat. I’m not a nanny and have never done child care, but we had to pay the transportation company for 5 days when we only used three in order to avoid losing DD’s spot to a family paying for 5 days. Nannies will be in high demand in the fall. No reason for someone to have to cobble together 2-3 households to get 40 hours of one household would pay FT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We do not have flexible schedules. I'm hoping to send my kids to school like normal!

If they aren't there, they will be at some sort of day care or camp or co-op sitter like the majority of kids. Which is why they might as well just open schools! Going to school a couple days a week does very little to minimize risk in my opinion.

I’m curious- why do you think there will be day care or camp available? It’s hard enough to find aftercare in normal situations. I think it will be 10xs as hard to even find a spot.

This is not sustainable. They need to open schools for 4-5 days a week for all children. They need to stop with all these crazy unworkable options. They need to focus on real options for the fall. Rent space - there is plenty of it now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We’re thinking about continuing our 5-year-old in pre-K. It’s a full day program and he could just go on his off days.

This is what I'm doing but i have no idea what to do with my rising 3rd grader. Me and dh work 2 essential jobs with zero flexibility. This is horrible

WOW. Please only do this if you were already planning to redshirt your August/September child or if you have an older child, I would plan to skip Kindergarten and start him in first grade with his same-aged peers.

We have a neighbor whose kid has a JANUARY birthday who wants to redshirt him. Can you imagine?? My child has a July birthday and will be starting Kindergarten on time in 2021. This kid is going to be 18 months older than her and in the same class!!

No, we mean our kids will go to kindergarten and on their OFF days go back to their preschool for care. Its not redshirting.