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[quote=Anonymous]This was going around Facebook a couple days ago. I have to say I agree and it is unsustainable. I was *already* part time and am finding it unmanageable with a 9yo (w severe ADHD) and a 6 yo. I am requesting at least a few weeks off starting next week, and consider myself VERY lucky that it's an option and shouldn't totally bomb my career. -- CHILDCARE IS WORK. PEOPLE SPECIALIZE IN IT! TEACHING IS WORK. PEOPLE SPECIALIZE IN IT! THEY ARE BOTH FULL TIME JOBS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. EXPECTING PARENTS TO WORK FULL TIME AT FULL PRODUCTIVITY RIGHT NOW IS ASKING THEM TO WORK TWO FULL TIME JOBS (SIMULTANEOUSLY!!) OR NEGLECT THEIR CHILDREN. IT IS ASKING THEM TO DO THIS WHILE THEY ARE UNDER THE SAME SOCIETAL STRESSORS AS EVERYONE ELSE - NAMELY HEIGHTENED ANXIETY, SCHEDULE DISRUPTION, AND STRUCTURAL DISRUPTION. IT IS UNREASONABLE CAPITALIST VIOLENCE TO HOLD THE SAME EXPECTATIONS THAT WE DID BEFORE FOR PARENTS WHO WORK RIGHT NOW AND WE SHOULD NOT TOLERATE IT. IT ALSO DEVALUES THE WORK OF TEACHERS AND CAREGIVERS AND UPHOLDS DAMAGING SOCIETAL MYTHS THAT THIS LABOR IS NOT WORK, AND WE SHOULD NOT TOLERATE THAT EITHER. NO I WILL NOT STOP SHOUTING.[/quote]
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