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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is one of the stupider threads I've seen on DCUM (and there have been some doozies.) Ponder if you will, the following breakdown of employment by industry sector in the US: ~13% are in manufacturing and construction; ~80% are in services, including retail, leisure and hospitality, etc. In other words, most Americans work in industries, where they can't get creative with their work schedules or work from home and still expect to keep a job. Also (and I don't have stats for this, just anecdotal evidence), a lot of parents would love to stay at home with their kids until this blows over. But, in order to keep said kids clothed, fed, to be able to pay the bills for that pediatrician that so helpfully told them not to send their kids back to daycare, etc., they need to, you know, work to make money.

On top of that, we as a society are having kids later in life/tend to move around more than ever before, so the traditional safety net of family to take care of the kids is simply no longer there. Add in the massive income gap and the fact that middle class wages are barely keeping pace with inflation, while the cost of living (housing, education, health care, child care) have exploded -- what it adds up to is that for most Americans, daycare is not a "nice-to-have," it's a "must-have," if they hope to keep their head above water financially.

And no, Francine, most Americans can't simply afford to "hire a nanny," "bring in an au pair," "negotiate flex time with their employer." And it doesn't matter one bit, if from your UMC bubble you happen to think it's gross or irresponsible. For the economy to reopen, daycare needs to reopen as well. If it doesn't, the only choice for most two-parent working families would be for one to stop working and stay at home (not even talking about the impossible choices faced by single parents), which would drive them further into poverty and stretch the barely-there social safety net we have in place now. More demand on your taxpayer dollar! That should get your attention  :twisted:

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Do you live in the dc area? If so, you know those industry breakdowns are nonsense here. They aren’t worth the time you spent googling and rewording your snark.

The issue isn’t that childcare isn’t necessary. It’s that it isn’t safe. Can you imagine the outrage on DCUM if a single private k-12 school decided to open right now? Parents would throw a fit about how they were endangering lives. Teachers would protest. It would make national and likely international news. The government would shut it down. Not because it’s not necessary, but because it’s not safe. [/quote]

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