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[quote=Anonymous]I think the opposite. I think many moms will continue to be in the workplace and telecommute. I think nannies will be highly prized to come home and take care of the kids.  Most UMC people will learn that they need to work through similar quarantines and they will offer room and board to caregivers.  I am thinking something similar to the  positions of governesses...that used to be the norm in European aristocracy.

Incidentally, multi-generational households (grandparents, parents, kids) and multi-generational-branched  households (grandparents, parents, single uncle/aunt, kids, cousins) that we know in DMV actually did remarkably better because there were many helping hands to take care of things.  Also, SAHMs with older kids and telecommuting DH were in a better situation. Single parents or people whose spouses were not with them while they took care of kids, home and their job had it very tough. Since nothing could be outsourced - childcare, food, cleaning, it was incredibly hard.  My niece was coping with being alone with her newborn as her husband was recovering from mild COVID symptoms.  It has been tough, even though my niece is a very strong young woman.   If there was testing available and I could be tested negative for being infective, I would have stayed with her. Thankfully, her ILs are dropping food etc for her. [/quote]

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