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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband and I are going to have to put off having kids due to this - I’m going to need to get a new job and restart the clock to take FMLA. I’m 33 and it sucks. [/quote]

As if all couples with 2 FT jobs remained childless before WFH? Seriously, you will manage with the same options that were available to working parents pre-covid- daycare, camps, babysitter, school, juggling with spouse, etc. Please stop pretending that juggling work and kids hasn’t been done before and can’t be done.[/quote]

Things have changed since 2019, at least in the DMV.  Aftercare is much less available, for example.  You all keep positing a time before but that time no longer exists.[/quote]

People aren’t factoring that inflation and the cost of living relative to incomes has skyrocketed post COVID. Everything is 30% more expensive (at least) but many of us didn’t get a corresponding 30% raise. The cost of child care has skyrocketed and availability has decreased. It’s already incredibly hard for most working parents, which also remember the number of women in the workforce has also jumped to keep pace with the cost of living. Just because you had to raise your family without some work life balance doesn’t mean it has to be that way going forward.

Also, telework was a white collar expectation pre-COVID. Why is everyone so desperate to clog up our roads and further pollute the environment because you’re mad you’re not a white collar employee able to work from home?[/quote]

Well you just had a nice five-year vacation from childcare costs.  That’s a *lot* of money saved that will help with future expenses.  [/quote]

Do you even know how much child care costs in the DC area? 20k per kid per year. And that’s not fancy. That’s average places.

And we did not get a break. In fact we STILL had to pay to hold our spots when our daycare closed for Covid. There was no break. There has been no break. Do not make any mistakes. [/quote]

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