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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone tell me how employees in private sectors handle all these childcare issues post-covid? For example, nurses, EMTs, polce officiers, teachers, supermarket workers, factory workers, etc.[/quote]

EMTs, police, and teachers aren't private sector workers.

But they live and work in the suburbs, eliminating the commute issue.  Or they and their spouse work shifts, so they can stagger their availability.  Shift work also allows them to commute at off times.  [/quote]

Please don’t make the assumption that we have it easier.

My suburb commute to the high school in which I work is 40 minutes. My spouse’s suburb commute is 35 in another direction.

Even with shift work, we need help with the overlap. And so we face the same problems you do, and we have to pay for care.

The difference is we are used to working away from the home, and so RTO means nothing to us. We’ve been doing this all along.[/quote]

My apologies.  I didn't mean to assume.  I work with a lot of LEOs and my observations are that some, but certainly not all, are able to make it work in the ways I mentioned above.  Obviously teachers, EMTs, and police aren't immune from the same childcare issues that conventional 9-5 (or 8-6, I guess) workers face.  [/quote]

Teachers generally get out at the same time as their kids.   Very different.  I quit years ago due to child care costs. It would have taken my entire pay check for one child.  Not worth it.  [/quote]

Not if your child goes to another school, which is often the case.

My school gets out at 3:30. My child needs to be picked up at 2:50, 20 minutes away. [/quote]

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