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Anon says
For those of you with school aged kids who WFH with flexible jobs, do you do after school care? We transitioned from daycare to K this year and are now wondering whether to keep doing it. We started with it just in case, but it seems that I could swing not doing it. It is a good program, for what it is worth. Kid loves it and gets to be pulled out for activities during it, such as soccer, t-ball, basketball. Things haven’t been too busy for now, and I can control meeting times for the most part. Help me think through pros and cons? My biggest worry is that things could pick up in the future where it would become stressful, and also what to do with a kid for so many hours every evening.
A part of this may be stemming from guilt related to doing it. It seems that a lot of moms at the school don’t work, and in theory it could work with WFH.
Anonymous says
This sounds like a great program that I would want to use even if I didn’t work. I have done WFH with activities and no after-school care and it is miserable and stressful for both the parent and the kid.
Boston Legal Eagle says
I WFH 3 days a week and husband is home all but one day. Yes, we use aftercare, or my dad for two days a week. My job is flexible, but I have busy periods where I work a lot, and I can’t just be out 3-5pm everyday. Husband is more 9-5, with meetings all day.
Our aftercare program is at the school (there’s a huge demand for this here, we luckily got in) and it’s awesome. Just one big playdate. My older kid needs to be active and socializing and we would both hate it if he were just home all afternoon. Younger kiddo is more of a homebody so honestly, might be ok to just sit at home while we work, but we’re still going to do aftercare for him in K (they do crafts and quieter activities too), with some days with my dad to chill.
Cb says
We use aftercare despite my husband WFH 4/5 days. We are in a community where 2 full time working parents IS NOT the norm, and I think we’re the only ones who use full-time wraparound care. We used to skip Fridays (finish at noon on Fridays) but my teaching schedule changed and we all really miss having that extra time.
Our rationale:
hanging out with a bunch of kids at aftercare is better than being bored / watching TV at home
it feels a bit mean to pick him up and rush him home while all his pals are going to the park – on Thursdays, aftercare takes them to the park
my husband’s job could ask for him to be back in the office at any moment and the waitlist is huge
Our compromise is when grandparents are visiting (normally someone is here for 5-6 days, probably 5-6 times a year), he doesn’t have to go.
I think when he’s 8 and old enough to get himself home by himself, we’ll probably drop the breakfast club, and a few days of aftercare and he can just get home?
Boston Legal Eagle says
Yes, I see a lot of the middle schoolers (starts in 5th grade here) walk home after school. They get out earlier too, at 2. We’re still undecided about middle school aftercare – I think, again, older kiddo would be bored/restless sitting at home for 3 hours, but maybe he could get himself to friends’ places?
Anon says
I think there are more activities in the afterschool timeframe for older kids? We’ve had a h3ll of a time finding anything in the 3-5 pm window for our early elementary schooler, but my sense is that as they get older a lot more gets scheduled in that time.
Cb says
School finishes at 3:20 here, so I feel like on days we are WFH, likely to finish at 5, it might be OK? He could go to the park/library for a club or something. But we’re 1.2 miles from the school, with a pretty safe cycling route so it’s not a daunting trip.
We said next year, we’ll start doing some practice runs where he’ll walk from the library, etc.
Anon says
We don’t use aftercare, but my daughter’s bus drops off at 4:15. I’ll pick her from the bus stop, she’ll empty her backpack, have a snack while I finish up some emails before picking up her sister from daycare around 5.
govtattymom says
I would do the after care program. I’ve experienced both- I didn’t enroll my daughter in after-care for kindergarten due to covid concerns, she is now a 2nd grader in her second year of after care. When she wasn’t in after care, it was very hard to work from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm. I would always pause, make her a snack, ask about her day, and help her start on an activity. It took a decent chunk of time and I would occasionally miss calls. Honestly, the random days off from school were the bigger issue. Our after care program offers care for those random days off (like elections or end of quarter), which is a lifesaver. In addition, all of my daughter’s closest friends came from after care. It sounds like a win-win, especially since your kid loves the program!
Boston Legal Eagle says
Aah yes, I forgot about early release, but yes our aftercare program covers early release days (they get out at 12:15!), which happen once or twice a month. And they do vacation week programming too.
Anonymous says
Wait what?! Your kid loves it. Why are you feeling guilty about this!! Work through the guilt as the problem because the after care is not the issue.
Anonymous says
+1 – wait until your kid hates it to consider dropping it.
Anonymous says
+2. At least 50% of the SAHMs’ kids are probably whining because they don’t get to go to aftercare.
OOO says
+1. Your kid loves it and you need to work. Unless cost is an issue, I’m not seeing the downside.
Anon says
We don’t. I have one kindergartner who is very good at independent play, for context. We originally signed up for aftercare because I’d heard so many people say it’s basically a big play date, and that was my husband’s experience as a kid. Unfortunately, the program at her school is terrible. The kids have a very long period of quiet time. If they talk during quiet time, they get silent time added to the quiet time before they can have any play time. Some days it was 1.5 hours or more of combined quiet/silent time. They separate friends and reshuffle the kids if they make friends with their seatmates to ensure they’re sitting next to strangers and won’t talk. Her school dismisses fairly late (3:30 pm) and our family eats early and wanted to pick up by 5 pm, so our kid was basically getting no play time. It seemed liked a giant waste of money and my kid wasn’t particularly enjoying it, so we pulled her. Between independent play, informal play with neighbor friends, organized play dates with other friends, and some new afterschool activities it’s been very manageable having her at home, and I don’t think we’ll reassess until she goes to 4th grade and her new school dismisses a lot earlier.
If it’s a good program, I wouldn’t feel any guilt! I feel some guilt that mine is missing out on a fun aftercare program. (We did look into other aftercare programs in our area, but they’re limited and it seems like many of them rely on screens, which is not something I’m interested in paying for. If we were going to park her in front of a screen we could do it for free at home.)
Anon says
Also worth noting our school does not have any early release days or anything like that, and generally has a pretty good schedule for working parents. I think we have three professional development days all year, and there are local camps unaffiliated with the aftercare you can use for those days.
Cb says
That is AWFUL! Is it run by an ex-prison warden? Those poor kids. Ours is chaotic but the kids seem to have fun.
Anon says
It’s so bizarre, right!? My husband – who LOVED his aftercare experience, and was way more pro-aftercare than me initially – was the one who felt most strongly about having her quit. He was like “this is not what aftercare should be!” Our kid actually wasn’t miserable, and could have continued if we’d really needed the childcare. It mainly seemed like a huge waste of money to me since we mostly using it for socialization that wasn’t happening.
AwayEmily says
We had a similar experience, though not THAT bad. Our after-school program was free (yay!) but grant-funded, and the grant specified that the programming had to be “educational.” And so instead of running around at the gym or the playground or doing art, the students either did worksheets or educational iPad games for an hour and a half. My kid was SO STIR-CRAZY at the end of it. She didn’t hate it — her friends were there and she was able to socialize to some extent — but it was basically an extension of school. So now we are paying $$$ to bus her to an after-school JCC program that’s just a playground/arts-and-crafts free-for-all, and she seems so much happier and more relaxed.
GCA says
That is an awful, miserable program! Your alternatives of informal, independent and organized play sound much better.
Anon says
Oh man this brings back memories. This was what aftercare was like at my elementary school and I still have a visceral reaction whenever anyone mentions after school care. I didn’t have to go that often but it was AWFUL. Still remember the teacher too – Ms. Irma. Totally joyless lady.
SC says
Wow! I went to a very strict elementary/middle school and thought my aftercare was bad! But we always had a snack and outdoor play time for the first 30 minutes, then had “study hall” where we had to do our homework. In elementary school, I think study hall only lasted an hour (4-5), and we were allowed to play again between 5 and 5:30 if our parents picked us up on the later side.
Anonymous says
I don’t but my kids are older. We had a nanny when my oldest was in K, then COVID happened. Fast forward 5 years and all 3 are in elem and they get off the bus at 3. Aftercare for all 3 would be hilariously expensive and also dumb since they have activities most weekends nights.
Boston Legal Eagle says
I’m pretty sure around here, aftercare for 3 kids would still be cheaper than the monthly daycare rate for 1 kiddo!
Anon says
Yeah, our aftercare is less than 20% of what daycare was.
Anonymous says
I posted and I’m also in Boston so yes, that’s true. But aftercare for 3 is like $1800/mo which is silly when we are home.
Anon says
Gently – you’re home AND you have jobs where this works. Even though I WFH 3x/week and DH 1-2x/week – it would not work for us.
This is more about me than you, but the whole “WFH flexibility” often makes assumptions that parents are more available during working hours than meets reality for most folks. I’m still freaking working during business hours, I just have no commute and maybe can squeeze in other things like…a load of laundry.
Anonymous says
My kids are also older. DH and I both WFH and our kids are 6,8, and 10. They get off the bus a little after 3 and leave us alone until 4. That wouldn’t happen with a kindergartener alone.
Also, we organize our days so one of us is usually free right at 4 to start the activity shuffle.
More Sleep Would Be Nice says
+1 on the cost – I’m in a MCOL-HCOL city and aftercare is literally ~20% of what our private preschool/daycare is. Even compared with more affordable FT childcare options, I think aftercare is still a fraction of the cost.
Anon says
We don’t use official aftercare*, but one of the major perks friends talk about (for in-school aftercare) is that their kids come home with all their homework done, which saves home time for more fun family things.
*Many of us joke about using the bus as aftercare… School dismisses at 3:45, the bus gets to school somewhere between 4:15 and 5:00, kids get dropped off between 4:45 and 5:30.
AwayEmily says
We live too close to the school to bus (exactly 1 mile away), which mostly I love because I can walk the kids to school on my way to work. But it does make pickup annoying because I have to take at least 45 minutes out of my afternoon to walk down, get them, walk them back. School ends at 2:45. One of many reasons we pay for aftercare even though we have flexible jobs.
Anon says
It might be worth double-checking that you can’t do the bus. Our district also has a 1 mile rule and we live 0.7 miles away but we saw neighbors riding the bus and I asked them about it, and apparently if the buses have space they let closer kids ride.
Anonymous says
I don’t use aftercare. My job doesn’t require a full 40 hours and I really enjoy getting my kids and having them home with me in the late afternoons. The pickup scene at school is a lot of fun too. I’ve met a lot of other moms and feel plugged into the school happenings even though I don’t do the PTA thing. This flexibility is the main reason I’m staying in a boring, underpaid position.
Anonymous says
After school care for elementary kids. Jr high kid comes home at 2pm, I take a coffee break/have a snack with her if schedule allows. Then she does her homework/chats with friends while I work until 5ish. My parents pick her up around 3pm for transport to activities 2/5 days.
Elementary kids have aftercare from 3-5pm. It’s basically a playdate with friends from other classes. Aftercare closes at 5:30pm but most kids leave around 5ish.
Anon says
I do. My kid is in 4th and not sure what I’ll do once he’s in middle school but there are days I genuinely need to be working until 5, and other days I can hit up the gym or get a quick haircut before picking him up. It’s a good program, with lots of extra options (choir, drama, soccer, etc.), he does his homework, plays outside a lot, “helps” teachers with some of their after hours projects (redecorating classrooms, etc.). It’s not that expensive, and on days when I want more time with him I just pick him up early.
Anon says
pros: your kid likes it, provides you with more flexibility if work gets busy, you dont need to spend tiem figuring out what you’d do for so many hours with your kid
cons: none
GCA says
We moved in the summer and couldn’t get in to aftercare for this year, so it’s moot, but we currently get by without. BUT kids get off the bus at 4:20 and I start & end early, so we don’t need a ton of coverage after school. One kid in 3rd grade, other kid in K and they play well together. As their needs change, we’ll re-evaluate.
Anon says
No, kids take the bus home. I meet them around 3:30 and get them a snack and then they do their homework and reading. Once they’re done, they play in the backyard until I’m done working at 4:45.
However, if your kid is having fun at aftercare might as well keep them there!
anon says
I WFH FT, have 1st grader and 2 younger is daycare – we use aftercare for 3 days a week mostly because she loves it and asks for it. If it’s not broken don’t fix it.
Anonymous says
We’re in the same boat with a preschool to K transition and I’m trying to figure this out. I just dropped DS from 4 days of aftercare to 3, because he was so exhausted. He likes aftercare and it seems like a nice program where they mostly just play, but I’ve been feeling a lot of guilt about having him there when I realized that not many of his friends were doing it. Our challenge is that his younger sibling is still in preschool, so I’m using the days when he has aftercare to do preschool pickup first. Ideally, I’d love to have more time with both kids in the afternoons. I really enjoy when we have time to play together or go to the library. It’s why I went part-time! But the two-location pickup situation has made it a little complicated.
Anon. says
I am full-time WFH except when I travel (~30% schedule). My husband has flexibility to WFH or go the office. We also have a great village to lean on with friends on our block who are SAHM and have same age kids. All that to say, we could easily avoid aftercare for our Kindergartener. I signed him up at the beginning of the year but was worried it might be too much overstimulation for my sensitive kid so I was ready to pull the plug at first sign of trouble.
Kid LOVES aftercare. He’s basically always in a good mood when I get there and has made several new friends and sees old friends from daycare that are in his elementary but not in his class. Here’s my pro con analysis for both of us:
Pros: my kid is having a blast, I don’t have to interrupt my workday to pick him up and get him settled, I avoid the disaster that is the school pick up line, he has built in quiet time to complete homework (not an issue now but will be as he gets older), if work gets busier I don’t have to stress about adjusting schedules to fit.
Cons: $$, mom guilt
For me, simple choice.
Anon says
If your child is happy there and you can afford it, I don’t see any reason to stop. I will say it’s been kind of surprising to me how few people use aftercare, at least in our area. I’d guess 75% of the working moms I know don’t use any formal aftercare.
Anon says
My kindergartener started without aftercare but it’s been a big relief having her join the program recently. She gets out at 2:35, so I couldn’t work a full day with that schedule. That’s okay once in a while but it was a big strain on a daily basis. In addition to doing my job, I like the ability to work out, run errands, attend appointments, and get chores done during the workweek at least to some extent, and that was really hard to do without aftercare. I felt a lot of guilt putting her in aftercare because I grew up with a stay at home mom, but I don’t think having her home for that extra hour and a half a day was a game changer that would fulfill her on some deep level or make me a better mom. She complained about being tired at aftercare so I picked her up earlier yesterday and she was like, “Why did you pick me up early? I was having fun!”
Anon says
Yeah, I feel like the school dismissal time is such a huge factor here. 2:30 vs 4 is so different.
Anon says
No, but my kids (2nd and K) do a lot of “lightly at best supervised” play so they’re used to playing together while the adults handle other stuff.
Vent says
My husband is not willing to allow our youngest child (under 1 year) to be indoors anywhere because he is not fully Covid vaccinated yet. He’s had 2 shots and the 3rd is delayed b/c of the delay in the AAP issuing its guidance on the monovalent booster for under 5s. I am comfortable with this small risk – he is not. And because he will be out of town for a few weeks for work, this means no indoor activities for our 3 year old (b/c no one to watch the baby). UGH.
I know he is trying to do the right thing, but this no longer feels like we are following the science.
Anonymous says
He needs to arrange a regular babysitter for the baby so you can go with the 3 year old.
anon says
+1 that he needs to make this work, either he arranged for a sitter or he stays home if you are willing to humor him.
Unless the pediatrician has advised that 1 year old not be indoors, it’s not right for him to make a pronouncement that you and the kids suffer to uphold.
If he is so risk-averse for baby, is he also wearing an N95 constantly while traveling? Or is his risk aversion limited to inconveniencing you and the kids.
FWIW, I’m among the more Covid risk-averse people in my community, which is a community that was masking way longer and more consistently than the rest of the country.
Vent says
Yes, he wears an N-95 for travel and a KN-95 daily at work. So while he is extremely risk-averse, he is at least consistent.
anon says
Your husband is being unreasonable. Covid in young kids is generally super mild. Overrule your husband so your kids can live normal lives.
FWIW we are super lax about germs for my 3 kids and they hardly ever get sick, and they’re all in daycare.
Cb says
Same, my kid mixes with a ton of kids, has questionable judgement on what he eats, etc and he just never gets that sick? HFM? I was floored for 10 days, he was fine after 48 hours.
anon says
I would suggest a conversation with the pediatrician, even if you have to pay for an appointment to have it. You are correct that the risk here is very small even for a unvaccinated child (my then-1-year-old got Covid during the Delta wave, pre-vaccine, and while he was uncomfortable it was not severe illness at all), absent other risk factors. Is this a typical response to a health concern for him, or no?
Anon says
No, it’s not following the science. I am a high-risk person and I have to take precautions that many people find extreme, but I would have absolutely no qualms about indoor time with your child, even if he or she was not vaccinated at all. Covid is typically very mild in children.
Anon says
I’m more Covid cautious than the vast majority of people (we didn’t drop indoor masking until this summer and personally I would not have been comfortable with an unvaccinated kid who is too young to wear a mask being indoors at optional activities) but your kid IS vaccinated. Two shots offers a lot of protection!! Obviously you want the booster eventually for additional protection, but treating your kid as unvaxxed is nuts.
Anonymous says
Your child got 2 COVID vaccines w/in the past 6 months (I assume if he’s under a year, since it starts at 6 months)? That seems like an acceptable risk balance. Can you compromise and choose less crowded things? So maybe you take the kids to the library to play and browse, but not to an indoor halloween party with tons of people?
Anonymous says
No it doesn’t. He’s not your boss. Take your baby inside with your three year old. Tell him “this isn’t rational and I disagree and I’m not complying with you orders. While you’re away I will be parenting how I, a responsible and loving parent, want to. When you’re back, we are going to counseling.”
Anon says
I agree the husband is being unreasonable, but I’d go to counseling first. I don’t think this kind of unilateral overruling of your partner is healthy if you want to stay married. Particularly because the husband is taking stringent Covid precautions himself, so this is likely more about anxiety than him being a jerk.
Anon says
Approaching a partnership with the core belief that we are two good people doing the best we can for each other and aren’t mind readers – much healthier for all involved. Even when – ESPECIALLY WHEN – one partner is being unreasonable. Thank you, therapy.
Anon says
You speak and act like that to a partner, marriage counseling is going to have a new focus…
Anonymous says
I’m sorry it is wild to me that y’all think control disguised as anxiety is worth coddling.
Anon says
I think this is anxiety, not controlling behavior. They’re not synonymous. She shouldn’t have to just indefinitely accept whatever rules he wants because of his anxiety, but telling him “I’m doing what I want, eff you” isn’t a respectful or healthy way to go about solving the problem if they want to stay married.
I mean, if she wants to divorce him she can do that. But most people in otherwise happy marriages wouldn’t walk out on their spouse over this issue. I didn’t see eye to eye with my husband over Covid precautions in 2020-21 so this isn’t purely a theoretical question for me.
Anon says
Was your 3yo boosted/vaccinated less than 6 months ago? If not, your baby probably has more “protection” than he does. I do think your husband is being unreasonable and not following the science. But it’s hard…I’m usually the more anxious parent and if my husband implied I’m crazy and overruled me while I was away it would be very disrespectful.
Since this is the status quo you’ve agreed upon, I think you need to follow it until he’s back and you can have a honest conversation about this not working for you. Agree with involving the pediatrician (an appt he would need to attend).
Anon says
Agreed.
Anon318 says
In case it helps, you can find the clinical trial results in the healthcare provider fact sheet on FDA’s website – link to follow. In particular, take a look at section 14.4 (page 42) describing effectiveness of Moderna vaccine at 28 days after the second vaccine dose and Table 15 (page 43) comparing the results in children ages 6-23 months vs. young adults (18-25 years). These very young children had higher antibody titers and seroresponse rates than the young adults in a decent-sized population.
AAP published an analysis of medical records (link also to follow) indicating reduced protection ~150 days post-2nd dose, but this was complicated by the emergence of the omicron variant and kids who were vaccinated against the original strain. However, this timeline is consistent with published reports of antibody waning over time in adults.
I hope this is helpful!
Anon318 says
HCP Fact Sheet: https://www.fda.gov/media/167208/download?attachment
AAP Publication: https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/151/5/e2022060894/191035/Effectiveness-of-BNT162b2-COVID-19-Vaccination-in?autologincheck=redirected
Anon says
Your husband is unreasonable. The absolute risk is very very low for young children. IMO there’s more harm delaying exposure to family, friends, activities, experiences than there is risk of COVID in young children.
Anon says
my colleague’s 6 month old daugther just got homework from daycare. she is supposed to decorate this picture of a pumpkin by tomorrow. it was handed out on Monday. obviously this means the parents are supposed to do it, but i don’t understand – isnt the point of daycare that they will do messy things like paint etc. with your kid there so you dont have to do it at home?
Anon says
It’s inane. Our daycare never had any homework. If they’d sent home any, we would have ignored it.
Cb says
Yeah, I definitely wouldn’t do that.
anon says
Absurd and I wouldn’t do it.
busybee says
I wouldn’t do it. What’s going to happen, the 6 month old gets a bad grade in the infant class? I do basically no crafts in our house because daycare does it all. They take my money and in exchange I don’t get paint on my carpet.
Anon says
Yeah, that should be ignored. How weird!
anon says
Yeah, I don’t do these either. Other parents apparently do – ours sends them home in a binder where you’re meant to print and attach photographs and a story of what you did. I always just keep the binder in my car for a week until they ask for it back.
Anonymous says
Oh my day care used to do this. Every time I said “oh no, we aren’t doing homework” and they were always like oh no it’s not homework it’s a fun activity and every time I said “nope we aren’t doing that.” Zero guilt or apology.
More Sleep Would Be Nice says
DS #2 is in a class of 2.5-almost 3 year olds and they had a request a few weeks back for something similar. I was annoyed but I did it (minimal effort – 20 mins during nap time) because he’s actually at the age where they use these for “learning” opportunities. The parents group chat was ablaze, including with some folks that went the…ahem…extra mile. Good for them…not for me.
I would 100% have not done this during the baby years.
Anonymous says
This is insane. The only “homework” we got in day care was to send in things they were going to use in class. I didn’t mind sending in family photos with enough advance notice but I got annoyed with the requests like “wear an orange shirt” and “send in a bear for bear camping day, no you can’t send her stuffed dog and must go out and buy a toddler-safe stuffed bear.”
SC says
LOL I definitely would not have done that for a 6 month old. My son’s daycare had 2 projects while they were in the 3-4 year old classroom. In one, he brought home a stuffed dinosaur for a weekend, and we took pictures of it going places with us and printed them at Walgreens and put them in a notebook. I snapped some photos, but my husband, who’s a SAHD, did 100% of the notebook. In another, we had to make a poster about Kiddo and his family, and then he got to tell his friends about it during circle time. Obviously, the poster required a lot of parent involvement, but he helped choose pictures, and he put glitter paint and stickers on the poster. The teachers exclaimed about how great it was we let him decorate his poster himself! Apparently, many parents kinda missed the point.
Anon says
Anyone going anywhere fun for fall break? I’m continuing my tradition of a solo trip with my kid and taking her to Colorado.
Cb says
My fall break (uni lecturer) doesn’t coincide with my kid’s, so they are going to London to visit the grandmas, I’m going to Paris with a pal.
Anon says
Fun!! I’m jealous of you both! My husband is also a professor and his fall break doesn’t align with my kid’s either, but I now look forward to an annual fall trip with just me and her. Fortunately the spring and winter breaks line up better.
Boston Legal Eagle says
We don’t have a fall break in October but we are going to Great Wolf Lodge over Thanksgiving weekend. You’re welcome, children.
GCA says
Ha! My ears are still ringing from the last time we went to GWL, between the excited shrieking of children and the din of rushing water.
anone says
were going to a desert resort/dude ranch in arizona. Very excited about that.
Anon says
Ooh which one? This is on my list to do.
anonamama says
Please say it’s the Bar None Ranch. Has been on my list forever. ;)
Anone says
very late reply but tanque verde!
Anon says
Please report back! This place looks so cool.
Anonymous says
We’re taking everyone camping! This will be my twins’ first camping trip. I’m excited!
SC says
Fall break is this week, and we stayed home. I’ve been working a zillion hours and am so burnt out. DH is a SAHD, so he’s been hanging out with Kiddo. They’ve been to the trampoline park, they made me lemon poppyseed muffins, we went out to dinner last night. I really want to do something fun this weekend, but the troops don’t want to be rallied.
Anon says
I’ll be in Las Vegas for a girls’ trip :)
Anon says
I love that!