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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think people are greatly exaggerating how long Covid impacted our lives. By 2021, we were used to our masked society. By spring 2021, everyone could get vaccinated. Society was up and running.

I understand that not everyone had the same resources but that is the same before and after Covid. If you wanted childcare, you could get it. It isn’t like childcare was unavailable for 3 years. My one friend would hobble together camps for the entire 2020 summer and when school did not open in the fall of 2020, she called every single preschool and daycare to find a spot for her two kids. A lot of places actually expanded their programs opening more kindergarten classes to accommodate those kids who couldn’t start kindergarten at their public schools.

I remember being torn between keeping our spot at our preschool but kept it and was glad that they had outdoor only for the first few months in fall 2020. I kept my kid most of winter.[/quote]

This is only the truth for rich people who live in their rich people bubble. This is nothing like my experience. My kids used after school care.  We never had a nanny.  I tries to hire childcare at home - but no one to hire. People were too afraid of catching covid.  My job went 100% remote.

I was managing three kids in different grades in online school and my job at the same time, all as a single mom.  This started in March 2020.  By December 2020, I was so burnt out and on edge, I was put on Lexipro and Wellbutrin.  By June 2021, I gained 40 lbs and had consistent high blood preasure.

My elementary aged kids are ADHD and struggled sitting for 6 hours a day abd paying attention power point presentations.  Both are still behind grade average. Covid broke us. [/quote]

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