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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I understand the problems that people are facing with childcare and the stress of it. I understand this because I, along with many of us, have been there, done that. My kids are teens. When they were little and I was at a law firm and DH was (and still is for now) a fed, there were zero telework options. We were both in the office full time, all the time.

This situation now may seem unique and insurmountable. It is neither of those things. It is hard, though. And you’ll make it work.[/quote]

DP.  Agree. It is hard. 12 hour days in daycare. It is the reason we only had one child.  But parents of young kids today never expected to go back in time like this.  [/quote]

It is also expensive. We’re still spending $40k per year on childcare and summer camps for our elementary aged kids. We also made sure to pick camps with extended day options knowing RTO was a possibility.  Those of you that got away with WFH without paying for childcare post pandemic hopefully saved plenty of money that now will need to be spent on childcare. [b]I still recall years ago a colleague who “couldn’t move her telework days” because of lack of childcare for her son. I was pissed that our managers didn’t push back. [/b]Join the rest of us. Sorry if you moved to an area or bought a house that made this challenging (like my colleagues that took the fork because they moved to a different state even though remote work had to be renewed annually) or you didn’t budget for it. [/quote]

Yeah, I don't think a lot of people do this, but it has been happening. It's the entire premise of OP's post.[/quote]

We just enrolled 2 kids into our center whose fed parents have to RTO. Kids ages are infant and almost 3.

But that PP was not very specific.  I bet the colleague's son was an ES-age kid, and the colleague did not have him signed up for aftercare on her telework days, so he would come home and watch TV for like 30 min to an hour in a different room while the colleague finished up their workday.  Big deal!  I doubt the colleague admitted to the manager that she was watching a 2-yr old all day while she supposedly "worked".[/quote][/quote]

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