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[quote=Anonymous]I have a 4 y/o.  Both DH and I have been teleworking and splitting the childcare.  For March and April his was doable,  but we were limping along feeling like both terrible parents and terrible employees. We had been paying for our kid's preschool,  which has been sending daily video lessons and obviously doing their best under the circumstances to still deliver value.  My daycare recently announced they are reimbursing 50% of the cost for the remote months, which I appreciate but has not yet materialized.

In May we broke down and have been hiring a college kid to come from 10-3 3x a week at $20/hr to just let us get some dedicated time on work projects and give our kid a break from TV as a babysitter.

A lot of the former modest travel budget and gasoline budget has been reallocated to the extra childcare.

These are ridiculous times, but we are better off than most:
1) we have jobs that can be done from home and our employers have been understanding and flexible
2) my daycare has promised to bear part of the financial pain 
3) I have previously vetted college kids who are willing to provide care
4) we are not overextended financially and there is room in the budget to cover extra childcare costs
5) DH pulled his weight and covered AT least 50% of the childcare in March when my job in finance was insane

There is a major lack of satisfactory policy response on how to handle a shutdown while helping working parents.  It's ridiculous but here we are.[/quote]

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