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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those of you who had young kids pre-Covid and are the primary or single parent-If you couldnt telework and there was a snow day (or week) or your kid was out of day far for 4 days with a virus- what did you do? What happened with your work?

I keep seeing posts in the jobs and childcare threads about how people shouldn't complain about RTO and that we should just pay for childcare and have a backup plan- but what are those backup plans? Who wants to come to my house and watch my kid at 8 am when there are 6 inches of snow on the ground? Who can I pay to watch my kid on a hours notice when he is sick? My parents are and hour away, but they can't drive in the snow and I dont want to risk them getting sick since they are in there late 70s.

On sick days and snow days now, I typically work 5-7 am, [b]maybe have a neighbor who is a teacher or a high schooler who is off school watch him for a couple of hours[/b], push all my meetings that need to happen to nap time, and finish up once he is in bed, only taking 2-4 hours of leave and making sure things move along at work.

If there is no telework- I will need to take off all 3/4 days. That means nothing is happening to move that work forward. My team is all parents of young kids, mainly moms who are primary parents. I work as a fed and this is my first office job with set hours and I don't understand how it all worked before. If I have to use my leave for my kid being sick or snow days fine- but then how does my work get done too? What type of back up care should I start trying to get ready?

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It's great that you have these neighbors!  Treat them well, pay them well, and now you have at least one type of "back up."  The high schooler can also be helpful on those teacher work days or other holidays that schools are closed but you still have to work and don't want to use your paid leave.[/quote]

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