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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I went back to the office in 2021, I paid for before- and aftercare, and I burned PTO for sick days. Luckily, my aftercare place was open for most teacher workdays/snowdays/non-holidays.

DS was in some form of childcare or school from 7 am until 5 pm.[/quote]

The above is what was typical pre-2020.  We were fortunate to have a relatively large house so we instead got an au pair.  (We had several au pairs over several years-- they stay either one or two years each.) They are much more affordable than you'd expect, but they work best if you have a basement bedroom (or something similarly isolated) and if you have the patience and flexibility to essentially have a teenage kid to manage on top of the rest of your busy life. (i.e., they often stay out late on weekends, like to spend time on their phone even while working, etc.)  In sum, it was a pain.  But it was perfect in terms of having someone to be there for morning school drop off, for afternoon school pickup, for snowdays, sick days, etc. etc.  [/quote]

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