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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think this is the childcare leave people are talking about. Parents have been unable to work because teachers aren't back in person. Teachers and school districts have no sympathy- they said to hire childcare. And now teachers are saying they can't work because of daycare and childcare issues. [/quote]

Agreed.  This is what people are taking about OP. [/quote]

+1.  Part of it is that some parents simply missed the boat when spots were widely available.  Our daycare just recently filled its last spots (at the reduced capacity as we are in MoCo).  I think many were hedging their bets that there would be no return to in person this year and decided to make due with the kids at home for xyz reasons (health concerns, to save $$, etc.).[/quote]

It might be that parents need to be flexible about where they enroll their kid, but for all this talk of daycare shortages I know of places that continue to have openings.  Our DD attends an in-home daycare that was almost always at capacity pre-covid, but has been around 2/3 full since reopening over the summer.  My friend whose kids attend an MCCA center said that there are openings at several of those facilities too, they've had very few covid cases but parents are still scared to send their kids back.  Not sure if there is a mismatch with particular age groups- infant spots are always more limited so I don't know how easy it is to find one with short notice, but at the same time I'm amazed at how many teachers have seemingly been teaching DL with little ones at home.[/quote]

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Why were their kids home when they were working if they are daycare age?  How could they focus?  Even with my elementary school aged kids, it was tough to manage DL and my own job when I was working from home in the spring.

I would assume the quality of teaching will go up if they don't need to supervise a toddler at the same time. [/quote]

1) fear of looking like a hypocrite (see Berkeley teachers union thread).

2) belief that if schools aren’t safe, daycares aren’t either.

That said, I know several teachers who did return their kids to childcare, and they have either returned to the classroom or (if local) are willing to do so.[/quote]

Many people hired in house babysitters or nannies when working from home. If you are working from home and you have young children, you need childcare. I can work from home and supervise my school aged children. I'm not sure what schools or daycares being safe has to do with looking like hypocrites. Daycares have been opened for essential workers throughout the pandemic. THose who didn't or couldn't use them hired sitters or nannies.

It's what professionals do. If you can't afford care or don't want to bring someone into your home, you have a significant work issue, correct? Especially with mobile toddlers until school age.  I would prefer it if a teacher can focus and teach a class without interruption and use a daycare versus have a class go off the rails.

It was okay for everyone to be working from home without childcare or a routine when the pandemic was first happening. It was all a transition and new. I think by now, people are expected to have a routine and childcare for young children if they are working from home. I'm not talking abotu school aged children or infants in arms, I mean like a 2 year old who needs attention.

Someone has to be getting the short end of the stick. Either your child or the class.

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