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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe we should cut to the chase and furlough all parents who won’t be able to perform their jobs due to childcare issues.[/quote]

Maybe you think you are being clever, but that was exactly what I was facing this spring. We were luckily able to hire a nanny who was let go because the mother at her former family was furloughed. I am fairly senior at a small organization and they did not cut us slack for the fact that we were having a pandemic. We didn’t find the nanny for 3 weeks and I took all of my leave to watch my kids. I do not have a job where I can help my kids and also work.

This fall I will likely ask for part time, but if my employer says no I am not sure what we will do. We can dip into saving and hire a nanny again, but it is not sustainable for us long term.

There are >$1M people who have filed for unemployment for the past 16 weeks. I am hopeful that no one else loses their job, but it is ridiculous for teachers to pretend like hybrid or distance learning doesn’t have real financial implications for other families. I care if teachers get furloughed and you should care that it is a financial burden to do distance or hybrid learning. [/quote]

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