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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the opposite. I think many moms will continue to be in the workplace and telecommute. [b]I think nannies will be highly prized to come home and take care of the kids. [/b] Most UMC people will learn that they need to work through similar quarantines and they will offer room and board to caregivers.  I am thinking something similar to the  positions of governesses...that used to be the norm in European aristocracy.

[b]Incidentally, multi-generational households (grandparents, parents, kids) and multi-generational-branched  households (grandparents, parents, single uncle/aunt, kids, cousins) that we know in DMV actually did remarkably better because there were many helping hands to take care of things.[/b]  Also, SAHMs with older kids and telecommuting DH were in a better situation. Single parents or people whose spouses were not with them while they took care of kids, home and their job had it very tough. Since nothing could be outsourced - childcare, food, cleaning, it was incredibly hard.  My niece was coping with being alone with her newborn as her husband was recovering from mild COVID symptoms.  It has been tough, even though my niece is a very strong young woman.   If there was testing available and I could be tested negative for being infective, I would have stayed with her. Thankfully, her ILs are dropping food etc for her. [/quote]

True for us. We have a nanny and are in a multi-generational household and the lockdown has been incredibly easy and, dare I say enjoyable for us so far [/quote]

+2. Not multigenerational but I have always worked from home and we still have our wonderful nanny.  DH working from home is the only difference.  Our nanny is highly educated and much more of a governess-type to begin with.  She’s had the older kids learning and really enjoying it while keeping the toddler happy and engaged. [/quote]

Because of the nature of coronavirus, until we see significant medical advancements or a vaccine, we are going to see a separation of grandparents from the kids for quite awhile longer.  In Italy, it was the structure of those multigenerational homes that put the elderly at increased risk.[/quote]

By multi-generational-households, I mean that everyone is staying in the same house.  It does not work the same, if you are living next doors to Nonna and have your dinner at her house everyday.

This pandemic has shown that elderly will be vulnerable in their own homes (New York) or even in Nursing Homes (Washington). In fact, the only elderly person who will not be vulnerable to the virus will be the one who is a hermit.  The nature of aging means that most elderly will require some kind of daily assistance, and yes, they are in contact with people throughout the day - caregivers, neighbors, other nursing home residents, doctors. Within a family, a lot of their needs get fulfilled (cleaning, cooking, meals, medicines) as part of the normal workings of the household.

Anecdotally, what I have observed in four multi-generational-households that I know of in DMV, is that the cloistering of the multi-generational-family units, provided protection from the contagion to elderly, kids and immunocompromised, eased household logistics, eased anxiety and social isolation, and eased financial worries considerably (mainly because of the pension and SS that the elderly have).  I actually only saw great benefits of having these family structures.  I also saw that the sandwich generation that normally has to take care of kids as well as the elderly had less of a burden when grandkids and grandparents  were together. They were able to telecommute better and felt more in control of this situation. [/quote]

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