Apparently Massachusetts just said asymptomatic kids with an exposure can attend daycare--no more quarantine for kids without symptoms! So that's progress. Hopefully Maryland and Montgomery county will follow soon.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why parents are still going along with these policies.

The real answer: no other options that work for us financially, location-wise or COVID policy-wise, and the emotional component of being confrontational with the people who nurture my child and love her.

This 100%

Our daycare’s policies on this are coming from the local health department. Uprooting my children from a facility our family has attended for years and separating them from trusted, loving caregivers will do us no good. Other daycares in our immediate area are abiding by the same health department recommendations, too.

I’m not so sure I agree. The daycare situation sounds very unstable and disruptive to your life. Finding a caregiver where your child receives regular care and doesn’t have to mask sounds way better. You’ve likely just gotten used to how bad the daycare closures and masking policies are.

Are you aware that license daycares need to follow health department guidance? Like do you understand how any of this works or are you just trying to make moms and dads feel bad?

I’m saying as a parent you need to step up and refuse to let your kids be treated like this. Find different childcare. If they started abusing your child at daycare would you keep sending them there and say there are no other options???

Apples and oranges and you know it. When all daycares are subject to the same policies from the local health dept, the only alternatives to avoid them are finding a nanny, family help, or quitting your job. It’s not remotely the same as having to find a new daycare because of a problem SPECIFIC to one daycare.

And really, it all starts at the top. The only way out of this is for the CDC to update their guidance or for the vaccine to be authorized.

Agree CDC should update guidance - but it is not really true to say that is the only way. State/Local health departments have authority too.

Across the country, many daycares have moved to other policies. I'm not even talking about states/areas that never really did much for precautions, I'm talking about places that had long indoor mask mandates and long school closures. My sister in the SF bay area's daycare is allowing "test to stay" for her preschool age kids (but the center is masked, so...). The daycare says they are working with the local health department on cases and protocols. Other posters here have said some parts of the local area are also doing this.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why parents are still going along with these policies.

The real answer: no other options that work for us financially, location-wise or COVID policy-wise, and the emotional component of being confrontational with the people who nurture my child and love her.

This 100%

Our daycare’s policies on this are coming from the local health department. Uprooting my children from a facility our family has attended for years and separating them from trusted, loving caregivers will do us no good. Other daycares in our immediate area are abiding by the same health department recommendations, too.

I’m not so sure I agree. The daycare situation sounds very unstable and disruptive to your life. Finding a caregiver where your child receives regular care and doesn’t have to mask sounds way better. You’ve likely just gotten used to how bad the daycare closures and masking policies are.

Are you aware that license daycares need to follow health department guidance? Like do you understand how any of this works or are you just trying to make moms and dads feel bad?

I’m saying as a parent you need to step up and refuse to let your kids be treated like this. Find different childcare. If they started abusing your child at daycare would you keep sending them there and say there are no other options???

Apples and oranges and you know it. When all daycares are subject to the same policies from the local health dept, the only alternatives to avoid them are finding a nanny, family help, or quitting your job. It’s not remotely the same as having to find a new daycare because of a problem SPECIFIC to one daycare.

And really, it all starts at the top. The only way out of this is for the CDC to update their guidance or for the vaccine to be authorized.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why parents are still going along with these policies.

The real answer: no other options that work for us financially, location-wise or COVID policy-wise, and the emotional component of being confrontational with the people who nurture my child and love her.

This 100%

Our daycare’s policies on this are coming from the local health department. Uprooting my children from a facility our family has attended for years and separating them from trusted, loving caregivers will do us no good. Other daycares in our immediate area are abiding by the same health department recommendations, too.

I’m not so sure I agree. The daycare situation sounds very unstable and disruptive to your life. Finding a caregiver where your child receives regular care and doesn’t have to mask sounds way better. You’ve likely just gotten used to how bad the daycare closures and masking policies are.

Are you aware that license daycares need to follow health department guidance? Like do you understand how any of this works or are you just trying to make moms and dads feel bad?

I’m saying as a parent you need to step up and refuse to let your kids be treated like this. Find different childcare. If they started abusing your child at daycare would you keep sending them there and say there are no other options???

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why parents are still going along with these policies.

The real answer: no other options that work for us financially, location-wise or COVID policy-wise, and the emotional component of being confrontational with the people who nurture my child and love her.

This 100%

Our daycare’s policies on this are coming from the local health department. Uprooting my children from a facility our family has attended for years and separating them from trusted, loving caregivers will do us no good. Other daycares in our immediate area are abiding by the same health department recommendations, too.

I’m not so sure I agree. The daycare situation sounds very unstable and disruptive to your life. Finding a caregiver where your child receives regular care and doesn’t have to mask sounds way better. You’ve likely just gotten used to how bad the daycare closures and masking policies are.

Are you aware that license daycares need to follow health department guidance? Like do you understand how any of this works or are you just trying to make moms and dads feel bad?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why parents are still going along with these policies.

The real answer: no other options that work for us financially, location-wise or COVID policy-wise, and the emotional component of being confrontational with the people who nurture my child and love her.

This 100%

Our daycare’s policies on this are coming from the local health department. Uprooting my children from a facility our family has attended for years and separating them from trusted, loving caregivers will do us no good. Other daycares in our immediate area are abiding by the same health department recommendations, too.

I’m not so sure I agree. The daycare situation sounds very unstable and disruptive to your life. Finding a caregiver where your child receives regular care and doesn’t have to mask sounds way better. You’ve likely just gotten used to how bad the daycare closures and masking policies are.

Where did I say my child was required to mask?
Our daycare never required masks for children under 5, in step with Virginia policy on that matter.
We can’t afford a nanny, we have no local family support, and I can’t afford to stay home.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why parents are still going along with these policies.

The real answer: no other options that work for us financially, location-wise or COVID policy-wise, and the emotional component of being confrontational with the people who nurture my child and love her.

This 100%

Our daycare’s policies on this are coming from the local health department. Uprooting my children from a facility our family has attended for years and separating them from trusted, loving caregivers will do us no good. Other daycares in our immediate area are abiding by the same health department recommendations, too.

I’m not so sure I agree. The daycare situation sounds very unstable and disruptive to your life. Finding a caregiver where your child receives regular care and doesn’t have to mask sounds way better. You’ve likely just gotten used to how bad the daycare closures and masking policies are.

I teach Pre-K in DC at a CBO (PKEEP). We were just on five day quarantine. I had a mild case, but now on day seven I'm still testing positive. Admin won't let me come back, so I'm sitting at home feeling fine and my TA and a floater are in my classroom. And I'm racking up sick days.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why parents are still going along with these policies.

You don’t have to go along with anything you don’t like. Simply find a new daycare or nanny that will fit your needs.

Spoken like someone who hasn’t had a child in daycare during the pandemic.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why parents are still going along with these policies.

The real answer: no other options that work for us financially, location-wise or COVID policy-wise, and the emotional component of being confrontational with the people who nurture my child and love her.

This 100%

Our daycare’s policies on this are coming from the local health department. Uprooting my children from a facility our family has attended for years and separating them from trusted, loving caregivers will do us no good. Other daycares in our immediate area are abiding by the same health department recommendations, too.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why parents are still going along with these policies.

The real answer: no other options that work for us financially, location-wise or COVID policy-wise, and the emotional component of being confrontational with the people who nurture my child and love her.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why parents are still going along with these policies.

You don’t have to go along with anything you don’t like. Simply find a new daycare or nanny that will fit your needs.

Lol you are a terrible troll

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why parents are still going along with these policies.

You don’t have to go along with anything you don’t like. Simply find a new daycare or nanny that will fit your needs.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why parents are still going along with these policies.

Please share how you succeeded in:
1. Getting the policy changed; or
2. Finding a different provider that charges similar fees, location works, is high quality, has laxxer COVID policies and has spots available

I don’t understand why parents are still going along with these policies.