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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are all so kind. I have tears in my eyes. It has been a hard last three years. Well, honestly longer but I still tried to slap a smile on my face and cover up the bubbling mental health issues. Finally it all boiled over and I found myself with a 3 year old and seven year old all alone.

We live near the Hybla Valley. I work 25 min away. We rent so we can always move, but as you can imagine my credit isn’t great currently so we are in a complex that allowed for that. I am an office admin in a real estate office so they are requiring I come in to do the in office tasks (mail, receive packages, make copies). I work until 4 which was great for kids, until, well COVID.

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It is NOT ILLEGAL to leave children at home.  Many people falsely believe this but there are not laws only guidelines.  
I don't think your situation is unique.  If you can't find any neighbor who can watch them for an hour or two a day consider getting a in home camera so that you can check in frequently on them. 
Consider asking neighbors with high school kids if they may want to babysit for $8 an hour. Yes, before people blast me, that is cheap but OP is cash strapped and Hybla Valley is a pretty low income area so expectations on hourly pay aren't as high as in NW DC.  Some kids just need to make some money and they already know their neighbors aren't rich.  [/quote]

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