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Some of the articles of interest to working mothers that we’ve seen around the web recently…
- The New York Times reported that a program in Canada is reducing daycare fees to as low as 10 Canadian dollars, about $7.60, per day.
- The Atlantic recommended against paying thousands of dollars to store your baby’s cord blood. (We missed this last fall, but it’s certainly still relevant.)
- Parents explained what to do about school refusal.
- Gloria shared a mom’s experiences parenting her trans child.
- The Wall Street Journal noted, “Some parents who restrict their kids’ device time are discovering their little ones are more tech-obsessed than their friends.”
- The Wall Street Journal also highlighted a little-known way parents are beating college tuition hikes.
- The Huffington Post featured an idea called “backwards beach days”: waiting to go to the beach until the late afternoon, post-naptime.
- Your Laugh of the Week comes from Frazzled, with “How to Find Child Care in the U.S.A.”
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EDAnon says
The WSJ article reflects my experience.
The Frazzled article is really demeaning and demoralizing to child care providers (who are like a part of my family). I would be lost without them and am grateful for the incredibly high quality of care, education, and love that my children receive. It is expensive but it isn’t the teachers’ fault, so I don’t know what the article thought it was gaining by insulting them.
Anon says
I didn’t think the Frazzled piece was particularly funny or original, but I thought it was mostly trying to critique the lack of affordable childcare and support for new mothers in the US. I guess the “bored children whose souls have left their bodies” line could be interpreted as snark on teachers, but I was putting myself in the shoes of the author, presumably a first-time mom, and kind of get it. We’re now a longtime daycare family and my kids absolutely thrived in our wonderful daycare center. I believe it was much better for their social-emotional development than a nanny or even a SAHM would have been. But it’s hard when you’re touring for the first time and imagining leaving a very tiny baby there. I admit I had the same gut reaction when we first toured daycares and saw what group childcare looks like with one adult managing three or four infants vs. the two adults to one child ratio many of us had at home as first time moms.
And fwiw, not saying your feelings are wrong but just for another perspective…I’ve never once thought of a paid caregiver as like family. They’re wonderful professionals who play a very important role in my childrens’ lives and I’m so appreciative of what they do and wish they were paid more, but they’re not family and it’s important to me not to think of them that way or have my kids think of them that way. I’ve actually gotten a bit uncomfortable with daycare teachers who say things like “I love you” because, unlike family members, they’re not going to be in our lives forever.