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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did you take parental leave for your children's birth?  Do you think family leave is something that should only be offered to you and not other people?  Or only in professions that aren't female dominated?

How does it feel, if you're a woman who has benefited from feminism to be on the other side? [/quote]

I am not screaming about this or anything else. But I'd ask you, what were these teachers doing for childcare pre-Covid? Some teachers are saying they can't afford to pay for childcare, but are also saying that parents that have to work outside ( as more and more things continue to open) should go hire someone and stop complaining. [/quote]

The few teachers who have had to quit are not complaining; they are taking the hit by leaving their jobs or taking a leave of absence. For many people, their pre-covid childcare plans have disappeared. Not sure why you would expect teachers to not have similar problems.[/quote]

MOST of everyone's pre-covid childcare plans were public schooling. It's like the chicken or the egg problem. We all need every public school to open so that we ALL can return to work, teachers included. [/quote]

People with young children did not have public school as an option. I think we seem to forget that school-aged children are not the only children out there. I know as a parent of a teenager, I sometimes do, but I see my all my friends with younger kids struggling, teachers and non-teachers. I think there needs to be more room for everyone for empathy and understanding that schools aren't closed to make our lives difficult. [/quote]

But at this point, they're not closed for any good reason.[/quote]

hey are opening on a hybrid basis because mitigations are required. No expert is arguing that schools can just return to normal right now. Just because people have anecdotes about people they know all over the country doing so doesn't mean it is wise or really, actually happening.[/quote]

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