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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ours has been going for a few weeks now. Sounds like they're full now (with reduced capacity, that seemed inevitable). My wife's workload got insane once quarantine hit, so she hunkered down in our office and was knocking out solid says. While my job is more flexible and I can work odd hours to get my things done, it was beginning to impact my work quality with so many projects + toddler time. With ours going to a new daycare/preschool, it's lessened the pressure on everyone, and the mood is certainly brighter around our house.

So yes, dads do sacrifice too, so hop off your horse about it being only moms. I'm sure if you poll the nation, it sadly probably is more moms than dads though :([/quote]

There are numerous robust surveys that show that lack of access to child care (pre Covid and during Covid) impacts women's workforce participation far, far more than men's.  While of course some men are impacted, it's absolutely accurate that women by and large bear the burden.[/quote]

And by the way, the reasons for that go beyond specific.couples' choices.  It is structural.  Women get paid less, sometimes for doing the same job, sometimes because the professions dominated by women are paid less than those dominated by men (compare firefighter compensation, for example, including overtime, for a job that does not require a college degree, to compensation for teachers, many of whom have master's degrees and do not get overtime pay despite not only working long hours but also paying for supplies out of their own pockets).

So on balance women get paid less.  Couples then make the logical choice for the woman to sacrifice her career when they can't find or can't afford child care.  You're not a hero for not forcing your wife to give up her career just because she's a woman.  You're just not an a-hole.  Congratulations.[/quote]

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