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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]County schools need to do this. Preschool through grade school for essential workers. They have the facilities and the license. [/quote]

No they don't. MD schools aren't licensed to accommodate kids under 3 years old. [/quote]

Kids under 3 can’t follow the social distancing guidelines they’re asking childcare facilities to enforce anyway. In my opinion, children under 3 should be with a parent or relative right now if they have an essential worker parent. [/quote]

And what are single parents who are essential workers supposed to do?

The lack of logical thinking on this board is galling sometimes. [/quote]

Or kids of two essential workers. My moms neighbor back home is a firefighter in Los Angeles and his wife is a nurse at a major hospital--a lot of firefighters marry nurses, in nromal times they can stagger their shifts/schedules to be around for kids but now they can't. I also have a friend whose husband is military and she works as a home health nurse.[/quote]

This is rare and can be dealt with on a case by case basis. Most, not all, but most children have two parents who share custody, even if they live in two different households. [/quote]

I'm not sure what you mean by this- so the parents decide which one of them is "more" essential while the other stays home?  There's no one at the county "dealing" with these cases.[/quote]

If somebody works in an office and can telework, or can take paid or unpaid leave, they’re not essential. Everyone is home with their kids right now. Literally everyone. Needing to work to make money does not make your position into an essential position. [/quote]

I see. So the grocery clerk who has no paid leave is supposed to take unpaid leave to stay home with his/her kid? Then what happens when he/she can't pay the bills or gets fired because he/she didn't show up to work? [/quote]

That isn’t just happening to grocery workers. It’s happening to everyone. Federal contractors, general office staffers, childcare workers, retail workers, literally everyone.

No one can pay their bills right now. That doesn’t mean that anyone should be thrown into the line of fire. Especially children. [/quote]

I get that. However, there are still workers who have to go in and have no other childcare option. That’s why in every state that has done a stay at home order, childcare facilities are considered essential.[/quote]

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