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[quote=Anonymous]I think it means that while we have built our society around the fact that having kids in school provides de facto child care for families, the purpose of school is not child care, so should not be the deciding factor in opening schools.

This can also be used as an opening for a conversation about who is responsible for child care, if not schools.  Should government (separate from the school system) provide it, as in some countries?  Should it be an employment benefit that people should push for so it becomes more of an expectation (as health insurance is)?  Should stay at home parents get paid?

Because our social system was built on the expectation that a parent (Mother) would stay home with the kids, when women started joining the workforce in greater numbers, people took advantage of the system that was in place (schools) and added onto that (before and after care, summer camps) rather than re-inventing a better way to provide childcare.  That is the conversation we should be having.[/quote]

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