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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hate that and have avoided doing that to my child through conscious choices. Some things that have worked for us included hiring a nanny when the child was young and reducing hours to work part time. Of course that was all done in a thoughtful manner with lots of planning. Times are suddenly tough now that the meanest of the bullies are in charge and no one has been given the courtesy of time to make alternative plans. It's not easy to hire a good  nanny with less than a week's notice to work in the office fulltime with NO flexibility to telework. Sadly it is families and children who are being effected the most. Every family has to do what they have to do to survive.[/quote]

I agree with you that what Trump is doing is a new horror everyday... but if all these WFH parents didn't already have childcare set up, they're part of the problem. You can't fully work from home after the kids get off the bus. I thought it was a requirement to prove you had childcare.

I kept my nanny even after my youngest went to kindergarten. She really didn't work that much on a daily basis, but it was invaluable to have her to get the kids off the bus, cover days off, and be there for summer break. [/quote]

8 hours 5 days is normal wage. Covering double commutes plus increases traffic is 9-11 hours at 5 days is 5-15 hour overtime. 
And you can work from home with kids if needed for an  hour. Depends on ages and set up. If I start working at 6 and take my kid to school from 800-830, work 830-230 and then they come home that 8 hours or say the spouse drops off and WAH does 6-230. Or both parents WAH and shift their hours earlier and later. 
If childcare is a requirement then no one should be required to respond on off hours..you want a call at 7pm sorry I don't have childcare. No one expects childcare on a snow day but still wants work done, somehow The work gets done during a snow day without a full day of care. The flexibility goes both ways. 
Also COVID decimated childcare providers and a lot didn't go back or reopen. It's just not the same landscape for hours, coverage, or cost. [/quote]

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