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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why exactly does your work from home husband not do any of this?! He can’t take them to school or pick them up?

Also 7-6? How long are your work hours? In the US we work 8/8.5 hour day. You could easily work 7-3:30 or 8-4:30. It is your choice to work these long hours. And it seems you both are! [/quote]

okay, okay - the poster who has been out of the DC area a while recently and is wondering if work culture has now shifted to 1) kids not being in daycare 8-6/7 (yes, a long time, but was at one point 100% normal for dual career families, and 2) do people really work these hours now? Don't most people work 9-10 hours a day who are in white collar professions, esp in DC?[/quote]

Have you ever heard of the global pandemic? Also, the white collar professions who need to work 9-10 hours a day (aka not government) can afford a SAH/PT/WFH parent, or at least a FT nanny so the child can come home after school. Not as ideal as having a parent around more, but still better.[/quote]

Obviously I have heard of the pandemic, I had several people quite close to me pass away/almost die, perhaps you can consider being more kind when speaking with people about it because some of us suffered grately.

But I am seeing you are generally about the mommy-wars, and seem to have the impression that women who don't stay with their kids all the time are evil (or maybe you allow a man to do so also) so we wouldn't be friends in real life anyway.[/quote]

You are right, I wouldn’t be friends with someone who writes “grately”  :lol:

And I never claimed women who don’t stay with their kids all the time are evil (but nice strawman argument, another reason we wouldn’t be friends). I am a FT working mom myself. If, as in OP’s situation, you have one spouse who WFH FT, and another who WFH 2-3x a week (hybrid) you can absolutely cut down on group care. Especially with ES kids unless they are SN[/quote]

I don't care how I spell on a message board, but you are correct, I spelled incorrectly in my haste.
I have a hard time with women blaming other women (and men , but it seems to typically be women) with their kids not being taken care of by a blood relative. I also think that sometimes, for some kids, group settings are better than nannies, etc.[/quote]

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