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[quote=Anonymous]I went back to work when my kids were in K and 2nd grade.  They are in aftercare at school but it doesn't run on holidays and teacher work days.  So, for the first couple days we used the various camps than run on those no-school days.  But my kids never liked those camps so after I got more established at work, and the kids were older and less likely to interrupt me, I started working at home on those days -- I already WAH one day a week regularly and my boss also WAH to cover the random days.

Now DH WAH most of the time so he usually covers them.  We also have a couple HS students on our street who have filled in as needed.

For the longer breaks -- Spring Break we always go on vacation.  Winter Break I WAH half-time for part of the break and DH covers the rest of it.

I know we're fortunate to have such flexibility but there are plenty of options if both parents have completely inflexible jobs with no ability to WAH -- find camps (our school always sends home flyers about available camps), have a sitter who can be available, get an au pair so you always have coverage, use vacation time.  As one who went from a SAHM to a WOHM, it does seem intimidating at first but then you learn your options and figure it out.[/quote]

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