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[quote=Anonymous]Covid is now something parents need to plan for.  Do  you have sick leave?  Do you have annual leave?  Are you married?  Why can't your spouse also take off.  Most people in professional jobs get 2-4 weeks of leave, so multiple that by two parents and it should get you through.  It just means sacrifices like skipping vacations.  But, if you can afford a vacation you can afford to pay someone to care for your sick kids too.[/quote]

Tell me you’re not a parent of young children right now, without telling me you’re not a parent of young children right now.

The average rate of a decent sitter/nanny in DC is at least $20/hour. That means, depending on when the 10-day exclusion periods runs, parents are paying an additional $800-1000 per Covid closure. And it’s not like parents get a discount for when their kids aren’t in daycare due to closures. It also assumes you can find a sitter willing to watch your kid who had a Covid exposure. My lo’s daycare is on its third 10-day closure since January, that would put us out an additional $2,400-3,000 in care, which puts you us in the range for IRS reporting, an additional cost.

This also assumes your family didn’t contract Covid from daycare-we did back during the first closure. I’ve had my baby tested during the subsequent closures (on days 4 and 9) and baby has been negative each time. It may sound excessive, but if baby tests positive again we get a 90-day reprieve from closures which would be a huge help (and yes, I understand how awful it is to make that statement, but parents of young kids are desperate).

Collectively, my partner and I have spent all of our Covid care, burned through sick days, and started eating into vacation time. It is only June and we have six more months to make it through. I’m already assuming I’ll have to take unpaid leave at some point this year given how things are going.

And before anyone suggests a nanny share or nanny, not everyone is making a ton of money in DC. And those care types can cost 2-3x more than daycare at a facility.[/quote]

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