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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Childcare is considered essential. So you can go to your essential job - providing childcare - in Maryland.

If you are worried your NF is not social distancing, you could quit, but I would not expect to receive unemployment.

What exactly is your NF doing?[/quote]

Childcare is the responsibility of the parent and no one else.  O predict that coronaviruus will have nannies finding new non childcare jobs as they have now finally found out that their familiesdo do not give a damn about them.  For instance, the nanny whose family refuses to pay her for time already worked.  Both parents at home but still need a nanny![/quote]

There was a reason childcare is considered an essential function.  Both parents at home still need to work.  And not all homes have two parents.[/quote]

Also please remember that not all kids can be plunked in front of a video game or hang out by themselves all day.  We have 3 kids, 4 and under.  Demanding jobs, with video meetings all day long. We need our nanny, and she needs the money.  It's legal, and it's a risk we feel we have to take. 
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It is not a risk your nanny should take.  You and YOUR DH can heybio at 4 am and work.  You are just lazy.[/quote]

PP states they have video conferences all day.  Sure, she could do solo work at 4 am, but nobody else would be available at the crack of dawn (and coherent) to conference.[/quote]

PP here, the one with the little ones. We love our children, and I don't think we are lazy.  By the way, I do get up between 4 & 5 every day to clean, prep meals, etc, and my husband and I work after the children's bedtime as well.  Trust me, I would greatly prefer not to have to worry about how [i]our[/i] risk is increased by those still in our nanny's circle.  Because of that, we've had to give up seeing our parents who are normally pretty involved with our kids' lives.  We are not wealthy and need to perform our jobs reasonably well as long as we have them.  Having child care for the core part of the day is key.  If one or both of us lose our source of income, it's not going to end well for anyone of us, including the nanny and her family.  We found out recently that her husband was laid off, so she is currently her family's sole source of income.  This is not surprising since the projections are for UE of over 30% when all is said and done.  It's a balancing act, we're not breaking the law, and we're doing our best.[/quote]

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