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The parents take time off work. That is the back up plan. Day cares are not allowed to take in children with fevers or who are vomiting. There are rules. And no provider wants to risk getting sick anyway and having to shut down for a few days because they are too sick to rake care of kids. We are not being difficult, we are trying to share with you a dose of reality.
Ok, so what prevents the parent of a child staying with Shirley from taking time off from work? I'm trying to see your point. The logical solution seems to be the mother and father each taking a few personal days.
So you feel that home based child care with 2-3 children is an impossibility?
What do you do when your toddler is too sick for daycare? How do you control your child getting sick from another kid at daycare?
The parent stays home from work and takes care of their sick kid themselves. Kids get sick all the time in daycare because people are often contagious before symptoms kick in.
The parent stays home from work and takes care of their sick kid themselves. Kids get sick all the time in daycare because people are often contagious before symptoms kick in.
Ok, but what does this have to do with having affordable child care that isn't at a center or is at an affordable center? Any parent of a small child should plan to need time off occasionally to care for a sick child.
Since you are retired now, perhaps you are not aware of the reality that employed people face. Namely, not everyone has personal days that they can take at the drop of a hat. And as I stated before, that requires parents dipping into their personal time, which they need on reserve when their own child is sick.
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Ok, so what prevents the parent of a child staying with Shirley from taking time off from work? I'm trying to see your point. The logical solution seems to be the mother and father each taking a few personal days.
EXACTLY! Parents reserve their personal days for when THEIR CHILD is sick, not when the sitter cancels because HER CHILD is sick.
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Originally Posted by eddiehaskell
Ok, but what does this have to do with having affordable child care that isn't at a center or is at an affordable center? Any parent of a small child should plan to need time off occasionally to care for a sick child.
Ok, but what does this have to do with having affordable child care that isn't at a center or is at an affordable center? Any parent of a small child should plan to need time off occasionally to care for a sick child.
Of course but it sounded like you were suggesting that parents take turns caring for each other's sick kids or that daycare's accept a sick kid. Not all workplaces will be cool with people taking frequent time off for their sick kids but it is what it is.
Tell me where "here" is. I want to call around and see if I can find lower cost day care. I'm sure I can find a place without the required activity fee.
Be sure to consider the following when you "call around" the area: distance from home, distance from place of employment, distance outside of usual route to work, operating hours, flexibility, penalties for late pickups or extra charges for extended hours, meal plans, policies and allowances for dietary special needs and allergies, proximity of the center to urgent care facilities, child to minder ratios, discipline and conflict policies, their ability to effectively work with and include children with developmental issues or disorders, time spent outdoors versus indoors, inclement weather policies, free play versus organized and structured activities...I could go on, but that is just a sample of what many parents need to, in whole or part, consider when seeking childcare.
Be sure to consider the following when you "call around" the area: distance from home, distance from place of employment, distance outside of usual route to work, operating hours, flexibility, penalties for late pickups or extra charges for extended hours, meal plans, policies and allowances for dietary special needs and allergies, proximity of the center to urgent care facilities, child to minder ratios, discipline and conflict policies, their ability to effectively work with and include children with developmental issues or disorders, time spent outdoors versus indoors, inclement weather policies, free play versus organized and structured activities...I could go on, but that is just a sample of what many parents need to, in whole or part, consider when seeking childcare.
Yes, it's certainly possible the narrow down your list of requirements to a list 50 pages long - but what do you suppose those that don't want/can't afford to pay it do? Do they compromise and find the characteristics most important to them? You may be in a financial position that allows you not to compromise - that's great, but probably not representative of most situations. Most parents can't afford to be specific enough to narrow down "outdoors time", "conflict policies" and "free play" issues.
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