Tell Congress: Parents need child care in the summer too!
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Dear Friend,
Summer is here and our kiddos are out of school and while it may be all
fun and games for them, parents are often stuck scrambling to find child
care options before the summer season even fully begins.
[ [link removed]- ]SIGN NOW to tell Congress: This isn't a game, parents work year round
so kids need care year round too!
For many parents and caregivers, it means having to figure out what we are
going to do while summer is out for ten to twelve weeks in the year…and if
you’re a parent that has ever tried to get child care in the summer, you
know what I’m talking about. Hours and hours devoted to researching what
summer camps are in your area that are affordable for you, that have the
right hours that fit your family’s work schedule, and that have available
slots for your kids in the first place!
Many parents, myself included, spend the summer essentially playing the
most-not-fun version of bingo ever, trying to get the winning card of
child care coverage that never comes. Some utilize a patchwork of friends
and family chipping in to lessen the child care load. Signing up for camps
which are often unaffordable (sometimes maxing out credit cards!) – and
having to take time off or leave the workforce in the summer due to child
care. This all only adds to the continual economic burdens too many
families already face. The truth is “making it work” actually isn’t
working for most of us!
[ [link removed]- ]** Tell Congress that “making it work” isn’t enough. When schools are
out, parents need child care to support their families!
Playing games with your kids can be fun, but playing child care BINGO all
summer? Not so much!
Have you scrambled through your phone book trying to figure out who can
take care of your child during summer days? Have you had to work from home
totally guilt ridden that you are rotting your kids' brains by allowing
them watch cartoon marathons while you’re on zoom calls? There are so many
ways parents (and mostly tired moms TBH) try to make summers work, but
there HAS to be a better solution than having your kids devolve into a
sibling thunderdome while you attempt to meet a work deadline or flying
your kids off to another country to stay with relatives. Which, you know,
also isn’t cheap! There has to be a better way!
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That’s why we need affordable child care (including summer care, and non
traditional hours care!) in our communities. Parents and caregivers should
be able to work knowing their kids are being taken care of, that summer
fun keeps them learning and engaged in a safe and loving environment… and
that their sense of sanity will stay intact because they aren’t stressing
non stop about who is watching their kids!
[ [link removed]- ]SIGN HERE to remind our lawmakers – kids need care year round —- not
just during the school year.
Thank you for raising your voice for summer (and year round) child care!
-Diana, Nina, Lauren, Nadia, Monica and the whole
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