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[quote=Anonymous]Teacher with kids here.

Terrible analogy alert:

I am a dog mom, too.
When I was solo parenting (DH was deployed) some stuff was harder. I ordered more pizzas. A friend helped me shop.  I hired a dog walker. My older kid used Uber a lot.
All of this was "on me". I HAD the kids. I adopted the dog.  I was hungry for pizza and lacked the bandwidth to defrost chicken in time.

The dogs were better behaved when they had a dog walker.

In the fall, if I am in the classroom full-time (a possibility), who takes care of my dogs? Should doggy care be free? 
When I bring them to the vet, it is a drop off situation, and I pick them up when I am called. Should the vet keep my dog all day so I don't have to worry about them eating my shoes or pooping in the wrong place?

Of course not.

Schools are for learning.  By default, they have become the place where children spend the day.  Our society has evolved into 2-income households and single parent households because we are used to our kids being so busy from 8-4 that it makes sense to earn money. We don't have to sit around all day and beat the rugs or make bread from scratch so working is productive.

We also are used to many luxuries that were not part of the "bills" 50 years ago, like smart phones, wifi, cable, travel soccer, a 2nd car....

It seems like people expect teachers to put their health at risk so other families can have more money.

FWIW, I have HAD Covid. I got it from a child whose parent did not enforce mask use.
It was three weeks in bed, in total isolation, with some after effects. My children got it too.

It is mean to expect a sub-set of adults who trained to, for example, teach HS Geometry, to perform a secondary service, keep your kids busy and safe for 8 hours,  during a pandemic so others can have more things, in my opinion, when that task could be done online.

Daycare is different, and is another service. 
If people want to open camps this fall, good for you.
Maybe they can staff them with people who already have had Covid.

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