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Reply to "NYT: In the Covid-19 Economy, You Can Have a Kid or a Job. You Can’t Have Both."
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yep. Totally true. But when people say “schools need to open so I can work” the response is, “school isn’t daycare! Figure it out!”[/quote] This drives me crazy. Working parents already do "work it out". We do before and after programs, summer camps or nannies, babysitters for evening and weekend work. The problem is that none of this exists right now!!!! Especially if you aren't considered an essential worker but your boss still requires you at work. And one of us can't just quit our job for a temporary problem. We have a mortgage to pay. We know we're going to have to find childcare for before school and 3 days a week presuming FCPS stays with this plan. And there are very few options. We will probably try to hire a sitter/nanny but won't know the days the kids are in school until August 10 for an August 24 start. So I'm really sick of hearing about schools being used as daycare. It reduces the problem to something it is absolutely not. [/quote]
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