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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We know a family where the grandparents, parents and kids all live in one household. They are the ones who have been able to continue without the issue of childcare because there are 4 adults to two kids.  Parents work in IT and medical field. Both grandparents had prestigious careers too before retiring.  Before COVID they had outsourced cleaning etc, so I am sure that cooking, cleaning and laundry is not easier than before COVID.

Perhaps we should think not of women opting out of workplace but recognizing that multigenerational households have some positives for working parents.  We are too screwed as a planet and species to now worry about the cons of joint families. [/quote]

+1 My parents are moving in with us next month. Multigenerational household makes sense to us right now and we are looking forward to it.[/quote]

It's great that you are able to get that sort of help. Just don't start arguing for DL now because you have vulnerable people in your household. Not everybody has parents who are able or willing to do this. Multigenerational households are a double-edged sword in times of Covid.[/quote]

Yeah, you should only have your elderly parents move in if you are committed to quarantining heavily and doing distance learning. Otherwise you are just using them and might kill them.[/quote]

I realize we are extremely lucky. We actually made these plans before COVID so it was more a right time situation and are not "using them." They are relatively young (under 65) and healthy and we are already heavily quarantining because DH has diabetes. We aren't arguing at all for DL and we all agree that in person is an acceptable risk with precautions. It's not for everyone and I realize a lot of families can't do this right now, but we have tons of local friends who have tapped in grandparents so I'm not sure why all living together is any higher risk than that. [/quote]

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