Anonymous wrote:This situation is untenable and there seems to be no end in sight. Once centers reopen there will be too few slots which will be better but not completely resolve issues for working parents. Our public officials need to safely open childcare with the protocols the ones for essential workers have been using all this time instead of focusing on beaches.

That’s literally what’s happening. It won’t be safe for a long time, but it will be open.

This situation is untenable and there seems to be no end in sight. Once centers reopen there will be too few slots which will be better but not completely resolve issues for working parents. Our public officials need to safely open childcare with the protocols the ones for essential workers have been using all this time instead of focusing on beaches.

Anonymous wrote:Ours is opening June 15th with classes cut in half, so only half the kids attend each day, plus reduced hours (no before or after care), and no enrichment. Plus a host of new rules and procedures.

We're leaning towards sending our kid.

Ours is similar, but the kids can go everyday. We are working from home and managing, so trying to decide if it’s worth it. It would be our only exposure risk right now.

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Anonymous wrote:You mean daycare.

If attempting to insult me for having a life instead of of living to serve my husband makes you feel better about yourself, by all means....

How dare you? I'm serious. You came on here asking for advice. If it isn't daycare, YOU know that and so move on to the posters who are answering your question. Not you. You have to not only get on here to clap back, you throw out an insult that isn't even appropriate. How do you know the PP is a SAHM? Do you know how many of us are working from home these days? "...living to serve my husband.." WTH?

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I think it’s important to distinguish between SCHOOL and DAYCARE here.

Against better judgment and the for entertainment value, I’ll bite. Why, in the present discussion of what is safe/prudent to do with a 4/5 year old who is off to K in the fall, would it matter if that kid is in a daycare with a preschool class or a traditional preschool ?

To me, it doesn’t matter. I’m the “WTH” poster. I took issue with her incredibly bitchy and thoughtless retort.

Ours is opening June 15th with classes cut in half, so only half the kids attend each day, plus reduced hours (no before or after care), and no enrichment. Plus a host of new rules and procedures.

We're leaning towards sending our kid.

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Anonymous wrote:No, I'm going to pull my child out of daycare, which is too bad, because she loved it. She is due to start K in the fall and I have permission to telework through August. It is stressful to try to work and take care of a kid, but between the stress an additional transition will put on her and the risk of kids and staff interacting in a preschool environment, we decided to tough it out at least a few more months.

Not a smart move. No reason to have your child not experience the summer with their preschool friends before K. She is not going to have transitioning stress but if it makes you feel better say it.

Have you seen the guidelines? No kid is enjoying summer with their friends in childcare. It’s not the same. My kid attends in Va and teachers and kids have been shuffled to accommodate smaller groups and new kids of essential workers. Everything has a procedure and all of the things they normally do in the summer have been canceled. Pp’s child is safer and will be absolutely fine at home.

They have not cancelled all summer vendors and activities and you know it. Again, saying they are safer at home is up to you. However, they will miss out on additional learning and experience as you are soothing your anxiety.

Ours has. They usually have groups coming in every week like Reptiles Alive, petting zoo, puppet shows, moon bounces, etc. all cancelled.

About risk: what has been the experience of daycares still operating? Have there been outbreaks? Few? Many? I haven’t seen any news reports of problems at daycares, which makes me think they’re rare or nonexistent. Seems to me a daycare outbreak would be yuge news.

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Anonymous wrote:You mean daycare.

If attempting to insult me for having a life instead of of living to serve my husband makes you feel better about yourself, by all means....

How dare you? I'm serious. You came on here asking for advice. If it isn't daycare, YOU know that and so move on to the posters who are answering your question. Not you. You have to not only get on here to clap back, you throw out an insult that isn't even appropriate. How do you know the PP is a SAHM? Do you know how many of us are working from home these days? "...living to serve my husband.." WTH?

+1

I think it’s important to distinguish between SCHOOL and DAYCARE here.

Against better judgment and the for entertainment value, I’ll bite. Why, in the present discussion of what is safe/prudent to do with a 4/5 year old who is off to K in the fall, would it matter if that kid is in a daycare with a preschool class or a traditional preschool ?

Yes, in a minute!!!! So jealous.

The nervous Nellies on this forum are not representative of most parents. There is going to be a huge mismatch between the number that need slots and the slots available due to guidelines on the number of kids in a classroom. Our center did a survey and most want to come back. Most that said no were kids close to kindergarten or parents unemployed. This is already becoming a huge problem in other places and there have been several articles about it.

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Anonymous wrote:You mean daycare.

If attempting to insult me for having a life instead of of living to serve my husband makes you feel better about yourself, by all means....

How dare you? I'm serious. You came on here asking for advice. If it isn't daycare, YOU know that and so move on to the posters who are answering your question. Not you. You have to not only get on here to clap back, you throw out an insult that isn't even appropriate. How do you know the PP is a SAHM? Do you know how many of us are working from home these days? "...living to serve my husband.." WTH?

+1

I think it’s important to distinguish between SCHOOL and DAYCARE here.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You mean daycare.

If attempting to insult me for having a life instead of of living to serve my husband makes you feel better about yourself, by all means....

How dare you? I'm serious. You came on here asking for advice. If it isn't daycare, YOU know that and so move on to the posters who are answering your question. Not you. You have to not only get on here to clap back, you throw out an insult that isn't even appropriate. How do you know the PP is a SAHM? Do you know how many of us are working from home these days? "...living to serve my husband.." WTH?

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Anonymous wrote:No, I'm going to pull my child out of daycare, which is too bad, because she loved it. She is due to start K in the fall and I have permission to telework through August. It is stressful to try to work and take care of a kid, but between the stress an additional transition will put on her and the risk of kids and staff interacting in a preschool environment, we decided to tough it out at least a few more months.

Not a smart move. No reason to have your child not experience the summer with their preschool friends before K. She is not going to have transitioning stress but if it makes you feel better say it.

Have you seen the guidelines? No kid is enjoying summer with their friends in childcare. It’s not the same. My kid attends in Va and teachers and kids have been shuffled to accommodate smaller groups and new kids of essential workers. Everything has a procedure and all of the things they normally do in the summer have been canceled. Pp’s child is safer and will be absolutely fine at home.

They have not cancelled all summer vendors and activities and you know it. Again, saying they are safer at home is up to you. However, they will miss out on additional learning and experience as you are soothing your anxiety.

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Anonymous wrote:No, I'm going to pull my child out of daycare, which is too bad, because she loved it. She is due to start K in the fall and I have permission to telework through August. It is stressful to try to work and take care of a kid, but between the stress an additional transition will put on her and the risk of kids and staff interacting in a preschool environment, we decided to tough it out at least a few more months.

Not a smart move. No reason to have your child not experience the summer with their preschool friends before K. She is not going to have transitioning stress but if it makes you feel better say it.

Have you seen the guidelines? No kid is enjoying summer with their friends in childcare. It’s not the same. My kid attends in Va and teachers and kids have been shuffled to accommodate smaller groups and new kids of essential workers. Everything has a procedure and all of the things they normally do in the summer have been canceled. Pp’s child is safer and will be absolutely fine at home.

Hell no we won’t go either