Either find a way to open schools, or send me a stimulus check so I can pay for childcare.

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Anonymous wrote:Still not sure why OP things people should send them a check.

Probably because they are doing two full-time jobs for the price of one?

Oh wait. People keep telling me that "childcare" and "education" are totally separate and have nothing to do with each other.

Scratch that. THREE full time jobs for the price of one.

Your kids, your responsibility. Teachers are handling the education.

Hmmmhmmm. Keep that attitude as you age, and these children who you don't care about, don't want actual school for, etc etc are going to be your doctors and nurses in your old folks home. Good luck with that. Can't wait to have bypass surgery from someone who went to TV school.

The fact that you assume your precious one is going to be my doctor is laughable. Do they have the skills? Do they have the intelligence?

Its incredibly difficult to get the required courseload, pass the MCATs, go through residency, and then into specialties.

There are far more interested parties than they are spots at the top programs. But keep believing we'll suddenly have a shortage of capable physicians and surgeons in a country where the medical profession draws some of the best applicants in the world.

How will ANY CHILDREN have the skills and intelligence going forward if THEY DON'T GO TO SCHOOL?

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Anonymous wrote:Still not sure why OP things people should send them a check.

Probably because they are doing two full-time jobs for the price of one?

Oh wait. People keep telling me that "childcare" and "education" are totally separate and have nothing to do with each other.

Scratch that. THREE full time jobs for the price of one.

+1

We have an eviction moratorium and had enhanced unemployment for those who lost their jobs. Why can’t we help families with school aged children trying to make ends meet?

Because the two programs effect families just as equally. Also particularly in this area - Section 3610 is already paying a ridiculous amount of contractors and government employees to stay home on paid leave and do nothing as long as Covid is around.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree with you op. It’s disgusting how no one cares about parents or school aged children. And that people just pretend we’re bad parents for needing to go to work.

We should have emergency funds. And the government SHOULD provide more stimulus relief checks.

No, the government shouldn't provide relief checks to working parents and parents are responsible for their own child care. If you cannot afford child care, you need to rework your budget or apply for vouchers.

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Anonymous wrote:I love how 2020 has exposed parents.

Its all hugs and rainbows and 'children fill a void' until you actually have to take care of and watch them 24/7, 7 days a week.

Now its 'I'm going to be hospitalized if you don't get them out of here'.

And you wonder why the child-free and single are enjoying the pandemic so much?

No, it's until I have to take care of them and watch them 24/7, 7, while ALSO being their primary educator, while ALSO working 40-50 hours a week.

If the child free and single are enjoying a pandemic where 200k of their fellow citizens have died in the past 6 months, simply so they can gloat that they aren't struggling like everyone else is, that makes them (you?) sound pretty bad.

Come back to me about 'sounds pretty bad' after parents stop demanding buildings that house over 800,000 individuals 8 hours a day in boxes and are a petri dish ready to explode the community infection rates be re-opened.

Also google - White House Rose Garden Superspreader Event. Because that's exactly what happens when you get a confluence of children and adults in a room - Covid+ rates go up like a nuclear bomb went off.

The D.C. infection rate increased by 66% because of that one day. https://dcist.com/story/20/10/06/dc-highest-coronavirus-cases-daily-count-data/

Is your argument that the presence of like, 3 children at the Rose Garden ceremony is what caused the spread?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Still not sure why OP things people should send them a check.

Probably because they are doing two full-time jobs for the price of one?

Oh wait. People keep telling me that "childcare" and "education" are totally separate and have nothing to do with each other.

Scratch that. THREE full time jobs for the price of one.

All those things are parenting. It is one responsibility, not job. Just like those argue its not a job for a SAHP. Be responsible for your own kids or don't have them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love how 2020 has exposed parents.

Its all hugs and rainbows and 'children fill a void' until you actually have to take care of and watch them 24/7, 7 days a week.

Now its 'I'm going to be hospitalized if you don't get them out of here'.

And you wonder why the child-free and single are enjoying the pandemic so much?

No, it's until I have to take care of them and watch them 24/7, 7, while ALSO being their primary educator, while ALSO working 40-50 hours a week.

If the child free and single are enjoying a pandemic where 200k of their fellow citizens have died in the past 6 months, simply so they can gloat that they aren't struggling like everyone else is, that makes them (you?) sound pretty bad.

Come back to me about 'sounds pretty bad' after parents stop demanding buildings that house over 800,000 individuals 8 hours a day in boxes and are a petri dish ready to explode the community infection rates be re-opened.

Also google - White House Rose Garden Superspreader Event. Because that's exactly what happens when you get a confluence of children and adults in a room - Covid+ rates go up like a nuclear bomb went off.

The D.C. infection rate increased by 66% because of that one day. https://dcist.com/story/20/10/06/dc-highest-coronavirus-cases-daily-count-data/

So what's your take on bars, restaurants, malls, gyms, non essential stores and businesses being open for adults?

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Anonymous wrote:Why would anyone owe you a check? I'm not paying for your childcare.

Except you usually do pay for childcare for all public school children. It's just that right now you are still paying that money but OP and people like her are not receiving the benefit.

Why not just cut her a check?

No, our tax money pays for an education. Its traditionally been in person and the child care is a bonus but since its no longer in person OP and others need to readjust their budget for afford child care, like they did when the kids were little. Surprise, the government is no longer taking care of your kids every day and you need to. Its called parenting. Be an adult and take care of you kids or pay someone.

Expecting someone to be able to pivot on a dime and adapt their budget to pay for full time childcare for elementary school students- something that has been reliably provided by the state and taken for granted as part of the social fabric of our nation for decades- is extremely unreasonable. Maybe OP waited to have children until she had saved up enough to help get hervthrough the daycare years or maybe she opted to move to a more expensive home in a better school district to benefit her kids once the daycare payments were done. Her no longer having several thousand dollars a month of disposable income with little notice to devote to childcare costs that she reasonably believed were behind her does not make her an irresponsible adult or parent.

+1000

As a parent who very carefully saved and planned to make sure my kid would have good quality full time care until school started, but does not have the means to continue to provide that care now that my child is in school, I whole heartedly agree. Most families operate on much thinner margins. You can whine about it if you want, but if only wealthy people had kids, that wouldn't work out particularly well for anyone either.

If you had the means and no longer, it means you are overspending in other areas such as housing, travel and other living expenses and you need to cut back. Many of us probably live comfortably on much less than you do but its abotu the choices we made.

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Anonymous wrote:I love how 2020 has exposed parents.

Its all hugs and rainbows and 'children fill a void' until you actually have to take care of and watch them 24/7, 7 days a week.

Now its 'I'm going to be hospitalized if you don't get them out of here'.

And you wonder why the child-free and single are enjoying the pandemic so much?

If only your parents had done the smart thing and remained child-free. Too bad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love how 2020 has exposed parents.

Its all hugs and rainbows and 'children fill a void' until you actually have to take care of and watch them 24/7, 7 days a week.

Now its 'I'm going to be hospitalized if you don't get them out of here'.

And you wonder why the child-free and single are enjoying the pandemic so much?

No, it's until I have to take care of them and watch them 24/7, 7, while ALSO being their primary educator, while ALSO working 40-50 hours a week.

If the child free and single are enjoying a pandemic where 200k of their fellow citizens have died in the past 6 months, simply so they can gloat that they aren't struggling like everyone else is, that makes them (you?) sound pretty bad.

Come back to me about 'sounds pretty bad' after parents stop demanding buildings that house over 800,000 individuals 8 hours a day in boxes and are a petri dish ready to explode the community infection rates be re-opened.

Also google - White House Rose Garden Superspreader Event. Because that's exactly what happens when you get a confluence of children and adults in a room - Covid+ rates go up like a nuclear bomb went off.

The D.C. infection rate increased by 66% because of that one day. https://dcist.com/story/20/10/06/dc-highest-coronavirus-cases-daily-count-data/

Is your argument that the presence of like, 3 children at the Rose Garden ceremony is what caused the spread?

It was 7 kids and its pretty well documented that a) the Covid carrier load increases in children while they are virtually asymptomatic, and b) the White House did not require Covid-19 testing of attendees.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/916810.page

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Anonymous wrote:I love how 2020 has exposed parents.

Its all hugs and rainbows and 'children fill a void' until you actually have to take care of and watch them 24/7, 7 days a week.

Now its 'I'm going to be hospitalized if you don't get them out of here'.

And you wonder why the child-free and single are enjoying the pandemic so much?

If only your parents had done the smart thing and remained child-free. Too bad.

My parents are perfectly happy. They are working to offset the extreme stress their siblings are under with younger kids for the past half year though. Inviting them outside for barbecues and swimming pool time as many weekends as they can. However they don't know what they're going to do now that its starting to snow.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love how 2020 has exposed parents.

Its all hugs and rainbows and 'children fill a void' until you actually have to take care of and watch them 24/7, 7 days a week.

Now its 'I'm going to be hospitalized if you don't get them out of here'.

And you wonder why the child-free and single are enjoying the pandemic so much?

No, it's until I have to take care of them and watch them 24/7, 7, while ALSO being their primary educator, while ALSO working 40-50 hours a week.

If the child free and single are enjoying a pandemic where 200k of their fellow citizens have died in the past 6 months, simply so they can gloat that they aren't struggling like everyone else is, that makes them (you?) sound pretty bad.

Come back to me about 'sounds pretty bad' after parents stop demanding buildings that house over 800,000 individuals 8 hours a day in boxes and are a petri dish ready to explode the community infection rates be re-opened.

Also google - White House Rose Garden Superspreader Event. Because that's exactly what happens when you get a confluence of children and adults in a room - Covid+ rates go up like a nuclear bomb went off.

The D.C. infection rate increased by 66% because of that one day. https://dcist.com/story/20/10/06/dc-highest-coronavirus-cases-daily-count-data/

Is your argument that the presence of like, 3 children at the Rose Garden ceremony is what caused the spread?

It was 7 kids and its pretty well documented that a) the Covid carrier load increases in children while they are virtually asymptomatic, and b) the White House did not require Covid-19 testing of attendees.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/916810.page

LOL to sourcing this completely unfounded argument by linking to... another DCUM tail.

Like dog eating its own feces.

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Anonymous wrote:Still not sure why OP things people should send them a check.

Probably because they are doing two full-time jobs for the price of one?

Oh wait. People keep telling me that "childcare" and "education" are totally separate and have nothing to do with each other.

Scratch that. THREE full time jobs for the price of one.

All those things are parenting. It is one responsibility, not job. Just like those argue its not a job for a SAHP. Be responsible for your own kids or don't have them.

We can’t really just wish them away now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love how 2020 has exposed parents.

Its all hugs and rainbows and 'children fill a void' until you actually have to take care of and watch them 24/7, 7 days a week.

Now its 'I'm going to be hospitalized if you don't get them out of here'.

And you wonder why the child-free and single are enjoying the pandemic so much?

If only your parents had done the smart thing and remained child-free. Too bad.

My parents are perfectly happy. They are working to offset the extreme stress their siblings are under with younger kids for the past half year though. Inviting them outside for barbecues and swimming pool time as many weekends as they can. However they don't know what they're going to do now that its starting to snow.

How lucky that they have grandparents willing and able to step up and help them. If they didn't, they might be wishing for a stimulus check to help them with unexpected child care costs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love how 2020 has exposed parents.

Its all hugs and rainbows and 'children fill a void' until you actually have to take care of and watch them 24/7, 7 days a week.

Now its 'I'm going to be hospitalized if you don't get them out of here'.

And you wonder why the child-free and single are enjoying the pandemic so much?

If only your parents had done the smart thing and remained child-free. Too bad.

My parents are perfectly happy. They are working to offset the extreme stress their siblings are under with younger kids for the past half year though. Inviting them outside for barbecues and swimming pool time as many weekends as they can. However they don't know what they're going to do now that its starting to snow.

Wait, what? So you have cousins who are children? What are you... 23?

GTFO. I mean it.

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Anonymous wrote:Still not sure why OP things people should send them a check.

Np. Because our tax payer dollars are going towards open schools and teachers and none of that is happening. I agree that everyone pays taxes but this is mostly affecting school aged parents.

It’s as if nursing homes tossed the elderly on the sidewalk and told their kids to deal with it. Surely you budgeted for your parents care?!