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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The sooner people accept this new reality the better.  Schools in this area will look very different this fall.  Kids will likely only be in the classroom one or two days a week.  Smart parents are preparing for this new reality. [b]You will not have school as your childcare.[/b]  If that doesn’t work for you, it’s time to consider relocating to a more rural part of the US.  Or, plan to homeschool.  [/quote]

Which do you prefer, kids staying home by themselves unsafely (or going to work with their parents unsafely), or kids going to school? Those are your choices.[/quote]

Not really. [b]That may be what some people decide[/b], but others will come up with different solutions. What is clear is that most kids will not be going M-F from 8-3 with before and after care. The sooner everyone accepts this, the better. [/quote]

Calling this a "decision" suggests that you really have no understanding of what many people are up against. As though people are going to sit around thinking, "Well, I could use good childcare, or I could leave my child at home in danger while I work to keep a roof over our heads. You know what? I think I'll decide to keep my child at home in danger!"

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Let’s not pretend this a new issue. Until now, we have been perfectly fine letting the poor and marginalized struggle and slip through the cracks. What did everyone think was going to happen when we completely dismantled any type of safety net? [/quote]

This is the same poster who talks continually about a lack of safety net in this country, but obviously has no idea about being poor and how much is spent to help the poor.  It gets old.[/quote]

Nope. I have never talked about it here before. But I have spent a lot of time dealing with it. And I am so sick of people suddenly pretending to care about the poor. Really. What did you think was going to happen? That we could have the rich get richer and the poor get poorer and it was going to end well? [/quote]

We should FIX the safety net instead of saying just keep the old people home and let the poor scrape along as they always have.[/quote]

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