jenn96 said:

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Our entire working society and culture are structured around a full school day 9 months out of the year and stable childcare arrangements with family, friends and private child care. All of that has been completely upended in the last month with almost no alternate options. It's a crap situation and hard for everyone. But making comments about not having kids if you can't afford them and not expecting schools to provide all day care is garbage. We expect them and plan on them because that is the way our education system is structured. We count on having schools because they've been foundational to American society in their current form for 50+ years.

We can afford our kids, we do have plans, and we do parent our children. But all the structures that have been there for their entire lives to allow us to do those things while contributing economically are gone. And until we can rebuild them or find safe alternates, our economy and more importantly our society will not recover.

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AggieOO said:

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Wicked Burn said:

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AggieOO said:

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At this point, I believe it is less likely than likely, but there is a possibility that school starts remote in the fall as well. There are already universities out there preparing for this possibility, and I've talked to school district IT departments that are at least having internal discussions about "what if."

Don't be surprised at anything at this point.

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No chance this happens

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How are you feeling about those odds now?

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