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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]a group of 3 of us have been considering podding up our 3 1st graders, and sharing the supervision 3 days a week.

none of us really need it for childcare so we have been talking about it re: the socialization and the schoolwork, and all three of us are hesitant -- it just seems like a slight negative regarding their actual virtual learning. they may be distracted, have technical difficulties their parent cant just jump up and fix, parents cant push to make sure they are getting the most out of the work...we are all very interested in regular social hanging out, though.

another group in our grade *did* need the childcare help, so they set up a pod of 3 families with a very scheduled rotation of parents doing the monitoring. I'm not sure how the academics are impacted. My impression is that they are so grateful for the childcare help that they are willing to have a slightly sub-optimal learning experience. But maybe it is fine! 
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If you and your 2 friends are stay at home parents, you might just not understand the pressures of the parents in the other pods. I assure you the mild learning loss is made up for in spades with the ability to keep their jobs.[/quote]

Uh yeah. PP above, pods are for working parents who are desperate, primarily. It’s fine compared to the complete shitshow alternative, trust me.[/quote]

I do sympathize -- no judgement at all on podding up to make this work. fwiw, we 3 are not stay-at-home parents. somehow between spouses trading off and kids playing independently, it's OK. [/quote]

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