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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Curious how many WFH or hybrid workers have reliable childcare, meaning FT nanny/daycare/babysitter or are you piecing it together/parking the kids in front of the tv when camp is canceled, etc.? I feel like things have changed since covid, including the increasing costs![/quote]
Covid ended long ago, as did the excuses for not having proper childcare.[/quote]

I work at GAO and we’ve done a series of reports on the loss of daycare workers in the workforce / closure of childcare facilities post Covid. It is harder to find childcare now and it wasn’t ever easy.

Personally, before Covid (when I already worked most days from home) my older daughter attended after-school care and my younger daughter was in a daycare near my husband’s office. She was unable to return to that daycare so we eventually found a preschool near our home but it was only open 9-5, so for the year she was there we had to juggle our schedules a bit to get full days of work or we had to use leave time. Now both go to the after-care program. If school is closed my older daughter is pretty self sufficient or goes to a friend and my younger one goes to camp for a day or I take leave. But emergencies happen - I had my younger one signed up for camp recently and the night before she sprained her ankle. I was able to work some hours and took sick leave for some of the day. [/quote]

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