Anonymous
Post 03/15/2020 23:57     Subject: Close down the daycares
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Anonymous wrote:Some parents have to work. Good for them to stay open.


How is this any different than parents who work with school-aged kids? The result is the same. But we all know schools must close.


Most elementary school kids can be left with little or no supervision. Most infants to four year olds cannot. It’s really not a hard difference to see.


5 year olds can occupy themselves! Do you forget how hard the infant years were already? But yes, let me telework with my 10 month old.


That’s my point. Parents of school age kids should largely still be able to work. It’s a lot harder for people with younger kids.


You’re assuming everyone can work from home. Many people have elementary aged kids who cannot be home alone while they go to work. And trust me, as someone with 2 kids under 5 who will be teleworking, I understand how hard it will be to work with really young kids vs. kids 5+.


I’m not assuming anything. Of course not everyone can work from home, but many can, especially now. And, even if you can’t work from home, your options to watch an elementary age kid (assuming they need watching) are much greater than a little kid. A neighborhood kid can watch an 8 year old, but most 13 or 14 year olds couldn’t handle an infant or toddler.

Of course some people are going to have difficulties, but this is a matter of where the difficulties are greater/more common.

My guess is that high school and middle school kids will switch to online school
You cannot expect these kids to also provide child care while doing school at the same time
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2020 23:55     Subject: Close down the daycares
I’m just feeling desperate and the more parents that feel this way, the more the market will fall.
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2020 23:53     Subject: Close down the daycares
Let me get this straight. Schools are expected to be closed until September and people are saying “let them eat cake”.

Yes, I too hope all those two person households go into financial ruin. And by all means, keep paying daycare at 2k a month while you’re at it, thanks.
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2020 23:48     Subject: Close down the daycares
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Some parents have to work. Good for them to stay open.


How is this any different than parents who work with school-aged kids? The result is the same. But we all know schools must close.


Most elementary school kids can be left with little or no supervision. Most infants to four year olds cannot. It’s really not a hard difference to see.


5 year olds can occupy themselves! Do you forget how hard the infant years were already? But yes, let me telework with my 10 month old.


That’s my point. Parents of school age kids should largely still be able to work. It’s a lot harder for people with younger kids.


You’re assuming everyone can work from home. Many people have elementary aged kids who cannot be home alone while they go to work. And trust me, as someone with 2 kids under 5 who will be teleworking, I understand how hard it will be to work with really young kids vs. kids 5+.


I’m not assuming anything. Of course not everyone can work from home, but many can, especially now. And, even if you can’t work from home, your options to watch an elementary age kid (assuming they need watching) are much greater than a little kid. A neighborhood kid can watch an 8 year old, but most 13 or 14 year olds couldn’t handle an infant or toddler.

Of course some people are going to have difficulties, but this is a matter of where the difficulties are greater/more common.
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2020 23:43     Subject: Close down the daycares
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Some parents have to work. Good for them to stay open.


How is this any different than parents who work with school-aged kids? The result is the same. But we all know schools must close.


Most elementary school kids can be left with little or no supervision. Most infants to four year olds cannot. It’s really not a hard difference to see.


5 year olds can occupy themselves! Do you forget how hard the infant years were already? But yes, let me telework with my 10 month old.


That’s my point. Parents of school age kids should largely still be able to work. It’s a lot harder for people with younger kids.


You’re assuming everyone can work from home. Many people have elementary aged kids who cannot be home alone while they go to work. And trust me, as someone with 2 kids under 5 who will be teleworking, I understand how hard it will be to work with really young kids vs. kids 5+.
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2020 23:40     Subject: Close down the daycares
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Anonymous wrote:Some parents have to work. Good for them to stay open.


How is this any different than parents who work with school-aged kids? The result is the same. But we all know schools must close.


School aged kids can occupy themselves while you telework. 2 year olds occupy themselves for maybe 10 min.


I’m aware, I have a 2 year old that I’m going to try to work from home with (staggering hours with DH, making the most of nap time, etc.). But an elementary school aged child cannot be home alone and many parents cannot telework. The only reason daycares are still open is because they are for profit and need to stay open to make money whereas schools are government funded. It’s a financial decision if they are staying open, not a public health decision.
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2020 23:35     Subject: Close down the daycares
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Some parents have to work. Good for them to stay open.


How is this any different than parents who work with school-aged kids? The result is the same. But we all know schools must close.


Most elementary school kids can be left with little or no supervision. Most infants to four year olds cannot. It’s really not a hard difference to see.


5 year olds can occupy themselves! Do you forget how hard the infant years were already? But yes, let me telework with my 10 month old.


That’s my point. Parents of school age kids should largely still be able to work. It’s a lot harder for people with younger kids.
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2020 23:33     Subject: Close down the daycares
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Some parents have to work. Good for them to stay open.


How is this any different than parents who work with school-aged kids? The result is the same. But we all know schools must close.


Most elementary school kids can be left with little or no supervision. Most infants to four year olds cannot. It’s really not a hard difference to see.


5 year olds can occupy themselves! Do you forget how hard the infant years were already? But yes, let me telework with my 10 month old.
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2020 23:30     Subject: Close down the daycares
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Some parents have to work. Good for them to stay open.


How is this any different than parents who work with school-aged kids? The result is the same. But we all know schools must close.


Most elementary school kids can be left with little or no supervision. Most infants to four year olds cannot. It’s really not a hard difference to see.
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2020 23:29     Subject: Close down the daycares
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Anonymous wrote:Speaks to the entitlement of DCUM that folks don't understand why some child care providers need to remain open, especially if they serve health care workers. The whole point of social distancing is to avoid overwhelming the health care system. If half the nurses are home with their kids, guess what happens to the health care system?


This is why we frankly should be opening up daycares--or repurposing existing ones--for the children of health care workers. Everyone who doesn't work in these "essential" sectors should be staying home with their kids. Unfortunately, our system doesn't allow for that.


I think this is a good idea. Create childcare just for essential workers so we’re at least minimizing how many kids are attending. The problem may be finding teachers willing to work during a pandemic.


Np. Those workers would be getting sick at a higher rate. Healthcare workers will pass this to their families
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2020 23:28     Subject: Close down the daycares
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Some parents have to work. Good for them to stay open.


How is this any different than parents who work with school-aged kids? The result is the same. But we all know schools must close.


School aged kids can occupy themselves while you telework. 2 year olds occupy themselves for maybe 10 min.
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2020 23:28     Subject: Close down the daycares
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Speaks to the entitlement of DCUM that folks don't understand why some child care providers need to remain open, especially if they serve health care workers. The whole point of social distancing is to avoid overwhelming the health care system. If half the nurses are home with their kids, guess what happens to the health care system?


This is why we frankly should be opening up daycares--or repurposing existing ones--for the children of health care workers. Everyone who doesn't work in these "essential" sectors should be staying home with their kids. Unfortunately, our system doesn't allow for that.


I think this is a good idea. Create childcare just for essential workers so we’re at least minimizing how many kids are attending. The problem may be finding teachers willing to work during a pandemic.
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2020 23:27     Subject: Close down the daycares
Eff you all. Some of us have the choice between LWOP and working. And our daycares still need paid. How many people can go LWOP and still pay $1600 mo for daycare

Glad we gave 1.5 trillion to bankers. Maybe they can solve this
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2020 23:24     Subject: Close down the daycares
Anonymous wrote:Some parents have to work. Good for them to stay open.


How is this any different than parents who work with school-aged kids? The result is the same. But we all know schools must close.
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2020 19:19     Subject: Close down the daycares
Anonymous wrote:Well the internet convinced me that I was wrong.

Daycare is still open but we decided today based on the news to keep the kid home.


Same here. We've been discussing since Friday and decided since we can both request telework, it's our responsibility to take the kids out and reduce contact for the teachers and families who can't. And yes, I'll be burning some leave - I don't have much so I'm not sure how long I can do it, just thinking a week or two at a time now.