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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Often times the aftercare program provides full day care on the off days. There are also camps at various activities. Or you can swap playdates with friends. [/quote]

This. Our aftercare runs day off camps on most school days off except for official holidays.

Our old school didn't have that, but we discovered the camps we used in the summer often had day off camps during the year for those days. Including camps during spring break or even the day after Thanksgiving.

Yes you wind up paying for all of this and it adds up. But private schools also have random days off and you also have to pay private school tuition. So you just accept that you will be paying for childcare until your kids are old enough that they don't need adult supervision during the day.

I do think this should be talked about more extensively because a lot of parents do get blindsided by it. And in DC where dual income families are very common, this can be a nasty shock when you realize how much work and money it takes for you both to stay full-time employed. This is why a lot of families wind up with one parent in a more flexible job, because it does make this juggle easier. Other families will try to move grandparents closer, will keep nannies on well past the toddler stage, or other solutions. Depends on your resources. But yes, you are on the hook for childcare for a lot of the year well past PK. [/quote]

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