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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You say reliable childcare and then you mean it to have coverage when camp closes. No! I do have reliable childcare, but if my aftercare or camp closes, then by definition I do not. My backup plan is taking annual leave.

My kids are 2,5,8. They don't veg in front of the TV all day anyways. They'd have activities and be playing when I'm working. The oldest likes to read. I absolutely can't work with the 2 year old home though. The others are fine and don't need me nonstop.[/quote]

This. There's reliable childcare and then there's expecting people to never, ever have a childcare emergency. If someone has a "childcare emergency" multiple times a month, I can understand being critical and saying they need to figure something out. But if you're upset because a few times a year, a working parent needs to either take off last minute or may allow an older child (not a 2 year old, agree that's impossible) to stay home while they work, they you're really just saying you don't think parents should work unless they have a SAHP or a nanny. But even then -- sometimes a SAHP or nanny have their own healthcare emergency. Stuff happens. This is life.[/quote]

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