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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many people don't want to pay for childcare like everyone else did before covid, they want to pocket the extra money and also live far out to pocket even more money![/quote]

We have childcare*, but two parents commuting every day means we will have to find a daycare with even longer hours.  And pretty much impossible to have dinner together as a family.

* People like to throw around accusations of parents not having childcare, but I literally don't know anyone who was working from home while taking care of a young child.  [/quote]

Plenty also only need intermittent childcare and don't know what to do.

We're dual feds. DH is often called to crises out of town. Normally I work 6-3:30 and get the kids from school, dh takes them to school. What can I do when he's out of town? Just take 2.5-3 hours of annual leave a day? There isn't an option for before school care that you pay per day and I don't need it daily. It's also currently full.

Schools just aren't set up for working parents and previously our works took the full brunt of that. Now both school and work are unfriendly to everyone. I like working in the office, but the complete lack of any flexibility is killing me. [/quote]

Yes but this isn’t a new problem. Intermittent childcare has always been a need and has never been available. [/quote]

Right. And the new inflexible policy (intended to punish and traumatize feds) now means that instead of the worker being able to continue working from home with a sick kid, they have to take sick leave and do no work.

How is that a good thing for government efficiency?[/quote]

Back in the late 90s my parents left my siblings and I home alone when we were sick starting when we were 10. There is a pretty narrow window when you have to stay home with a sick child who is self sufficient and doesn’t need you.[/quote]

A whole 10 years is not a “narrow window” (and I’m not leaving my 13 year old home sick either.) Even when my younger kid was sick there was time to work during naps and in the AM and evening when the other parent was home. [/quote]

You missed my point. A sick child under 7 is not self sufficient and you need to take care of them while working. A child who is 7, 8, or 9 is fairly self sufficient and you theoretically don’t need to check in on them as much and disrupt the workday. A sick child under 7 should be watched and taken care of and you shouldn’t be working while taking care of a sick baby, toddler, or preschooler. [/quote]

nobody said you can work a normal 8 hours with a sick small child. But you can absolutely work during naps, with the TV on, and in the evenings and mornings when the other parent is home. I and many other feds did this when we had reasonable WFH policies specifically because we are dedicated to our jobs. But now that there is no WFH we just go completely off line and take sick leave. How is that a good thing?[/quote]

That's what sick leave is for though.  I think there has been this expecation that we work while sick or while we have a sick child, and I don't think that's great either.[/quote]

I agree with this. Unless your employer is very restrictive about leave just take it. Take sick time. Most 3 and 4 year olds are not napping for hours. I know that some DCUM parents claim their kids nap for hours, but let’s call a spade a spade. [/quote]

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