Exactly this!! - from a former childcare worker

Same

May I ask why? My DD goes to kindy at a daycare. I have no choice.

Why - germs are everywhere

Sounds as if you may need a better day care .. I've worked in several. I know which ones I'd send a young bubba to and where I wouldn't send a child, ever.

The daycare i viewed recently, half the staff send their own kids, or did send their kids when they were daycare age.

The staff that send their own kids probably do because they have to work. I spent 15 years working in child care and won't send mine, it really isn't great. Except for when the child is around four, kids that age do well.

Our local after school/vacation care place closed for the entire school holidays and the weeks prior to it.
I haven't investigated whether it's reopened yet lol

How about maybe we want to keep our f*cking jobs we already have! Just because some people have already started working from home, doesn’t mean the workload is any less. Pair that with school aged kids who are also home and need to be taught. Yep, 2yo goes to day care twice a week so i can work and teach!

Calm down. This post is nearly a month old

Naw bless her x

If you’re doing that you may as well send the kids to school too. Two year old is out there mixing with all the other germy kids and bringing the germs home to the rest of you anyway.

If you have a job during corona virus, then you're an essential worker

^ so true

I need a fucking break but i keep my kid at home so he doesn't get sick or bring it home to the rest of us

same here!! I desperately need a break but it's not worth the risk.

On one hand we say ‘reach out, if you need help’ on the other hand we say ‘if you reach out for help we will judge you’

All the childcare teachers and educators aren’t risking their health at work thinking “yeah, I totally understand you need a break, I don’t mind that you’re at home having a break while I’m forced to be at work with your kids who have no idea how to social distance, let alone maintain their own personal hygiene, who could totally be at home with their mum right now.” I have no sympathy for people who choose to have more kids than they can handle, then expect sympathy and understanding when their contingency plan is to make them someone else’s problem.....

Thankyou for you and hubby being out there, keeping things running ❤❤

School doesn’t start next week it starts the week after you silly goose

It depends which state you're in. I'm in WA and ours school holidays started today

** we go back to school April 30th

Can I ask why are sending your child?

Why?

Why are you doing this? What is your reasoning? Just curious.

Is it really anyone's business why?

Well yes actually it is. At a time like this where we have been advised to keep our children home if we're not essential workers.

Yes it is our business when we are all affected from covid19 and in isolation. And we will continue to stay in isolation if dick heads don't start following the advice to stay at home unless absolutely necessary!!!!! How are people not getting it????

But if there child had a place they'd have already been still paying anyway

Bless you both 🙏💜