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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can you go back to work? You say if you could flip a switch, you would - but can you take actual steps to do that? I’m not trying to be dismissive but there are so many posts like this and it seems like the posters never do anything to change the situation they hate. [/quote] +1. You could absolutely find a job as a tutor or pod leader, then put your kids in daycare. Or teach, I think DCPS and MOCO are both hiring. You can flip that switch, OP. It’s absolutely doable.[/quote] There are a million things OP could do. But she’s always going to have a reason as to why she can’t. She just wants to complain. [/quote] I will never in a million years understand this attitude. Yes, maybe OP should look into returning to work. But surely you can see how "flipping that switch" right now now is hard? Even if she starts the process today, it will be weeks or possible a couple months before her kids are in childcare and she is at work. And getting there will take bandwidth (getting some leads, applying or sending out resumes, researching childcare options, interviewing those options, figuring out the financials) that it sounds like OP doesn't have right now. But instead of offering a modicum of empathy, you are acting like she's a drug addict who won't go to rehab (which is a person I think also deserves empathy, actually). OP, you have every right to complain. This is incredibly hard. I think the pandemic was easier for SAHMs at first but has been much harder on them as it's continued and the normal supports (like SCHOOL) have not returned even as all the responsibilities of daily life continue. I have a job AND childcare and I'm still at the end of my rope because we were not planning to pay for childcare this year and the realization that school is really and truly not opening this year. It's also hilarious how many people think you can pay for childcare for two kids with part-time tutoring or a temporary sub teaching job. Anyone that dumb isn't worth listening to.[/quote]
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