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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is your husband incompetent?[/quote]

This is a little unfair. My husband is very competent, but we still need help when I travel, because he has fixed work commitments that mean he can't make pickup 2 to 3 days a week. We don't sign up for a full year of aftercare to cover a couple full week trips. (We also don't expect my parents to come from hours away, but my point is that competence isn't really the issue.) [/quote]

I don’t know where you live or what age your children are - but “sign up for a few weeks”is not a thing a lot of places. If the child is not school age, they are in preschool and extended hours are hard to come by. Most preschools have long wait lists or specific registration times - like January applications for the following year. Public school extended day care in Arlington is done through the school and the applications for the following school year was the prior spring, with priority given to siblings and returning families. Many schools have waitlists for people who want spots. My friend got divorced mid-school year and asked if she could be given priority on the waitlist and they said “no, too bad, maybe next year you will get a spot.”  After school programs that pick kids up at school are also not “on a whim for a few weeks” type thing.

I would absolutely sign up for aftercare for just a couple of weeks of pickup issues.  Especially if you don't have a go-to alternative that lives local (baby sitter, nanny or friend whose willing to help out).

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