I think the August-to-June school year (which varies by region) is based around old farming traditions, but some public schools have moved to year-round schedules. It wouldn’t make a difference in these times of COVID-19 closures, but do you have any thoughts about year-round school?

I’m frustrated on your behalf! Just out of curiosity, when you say you aren’t being heard, is that in a literal, technical sense? Or is it a function of the way Zoom can really enhance the voices of those-who-were-already-loudest and how it’s hard to snatch that yellow rectangle away from them because they don’t stop for a breath? I’ve had the latter issue in some un-moderated meetings.

Look they understand slavery. Women who do work and childcare or the work unpaid while men do more or have more… They understand it and how to underinvest in the slaves, in this case women.. it is not that they do not understand it.. it is that slavery is profitable for them… and they are not really asked to be better… We watched a documentary about Miles Davis’s second wife, Betty Davis. Very interesting film. I went back and looked at it and Miles Davis severely beat all of his wives, all of whom were considered genius and incredibly talented. He beat many, many women and all of his wives. And yet this is something even when the New Yorker or whomever covers him even now.. is not really discussed just how abusive he was, how violent to women, and how much of say some of his best work was really the result of his second wife’s creativity and work… how big an impact she had on some of his best work and how little credit and how little was done really do uplift her to even get her music out there… It is pretty astounding to go back ad think about this … about who are our men… and why do we permit them to be so unaspirational … and what is the role of entrepreneurship or anything in changing this for the better.. Nancy Drew was written by a black woman from Newark and the publication of her character totally profited on and defined by a white man… Will this ever really change for the better in a country founded on slavery… and really props to how much women accomplish even though it hasn’t…

Yes! I have often found myself thinking that the winners in all of this are full-time working dads who get to work from home. They get the bonus of more family time, but they generally aren’t expected to pull the weight with child care. Meanwhile, full-time working moms are definitely the losers because we are expected to provide full-time child care while also continuing our careers.

I’m grateful he’s 10, it’s sort of the goldilocks age of quarantine. I’m not afraid to let him be bored, and there will be much screen time, too.

My daycare opened back up and it has saved my sanity and enabled me to actually focus on my job, rather than only getting in a couple hours of work a day. My husband works in healthcare and is out of the house all day long, so we couldn’t tag team it much, although he is helping more now than he has in the past.

My daycare is offering childcare for up to age 13. I wonder if more childcare centers will consider this possibility as there is a huge void. Sadly, I think our daycare still has very low numbers of children attending because of people’s health concerns.

@Lisa – your governor sounds very sensible for deeming childcare essential. It sounds like your community has been very responsible about all this, and lo and behold, your kids are all fine. Here in PA, gun shops are apparently essential and daycares are not.