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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The least expensive options for school aged kids are before/aftercare through the county and an au pair.  Those were our #1 and #2 plans.  Trump has suspended the au pair program and the county is unlikely to offer before/aftercare.

I personally haven't seen an kid activities that are offering camps where I am located.  In fact several of our standby places have gone out of business.  All of our summer camps have been cancelled.  Has anyone seen these options for a 4 and 6 yo in Arlington?  Maybe for older kids...

That leaves a nanny.  They ones I've spoken to want $27-30 per hour and a year commitment.  That's insane COVID-19 pricing and isn't something anyone could have anticipated.  [/quote]

Exactly. We had our kids 5 years apart so we would only have to draw down savings for a few months with both in day care. After care costs 25% of what our older kid's day care costs, we can swing that. We DID budget for child care in a very significant way - i would have loved to have them closer together, that's a big life choice - but that budget predicted that school and after care would exist. As they have for my entire life. Our county in MD hasn't even released plans yet.

And yeah, we cannot afford a private full time nanny at $50-60k a year. This isn't a "suck it up" issue. Do you realize how awful it is to tell people to just drop our of the workforce and stop complaining? Like, give up a career you love and worked hard for because of a horrible pandemic our government won't respond to, and DON'T COMPLAIN? [/quote]

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