My Spring Sports

Do the camps in your area not have extended care? The different camps we sign my daughter up for (Girl Scout camp, and then a Jewish camp at a nearby temple) offer extended care hours, which usually open at 6:30 a.m. and end at 6:00 p.m. That’s rough, though, and I’ve noticed that most kids don’t utilize those hours so my daughter has often been the only one! I think a nanny makes a lot of sense in your situation! We tried that last year for a few weeks. It’s way more $$$ though.

And I understand your frustration . . . I have a hybrid schedule (3 days in office, 2 at home), but my husband works full-time outside the home (6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and we often marvel at how many parents are able to take their kids to school, pick them up at the bell (not after school care!), be there for minimum days, random school assemblies, etc. Then I read a stat that 1/3 of the workforce is fully remote now! That’s a lot. But it makes it so that schools/camps are even less likely to cater to families with two WOOH (work outside the home–new acronym?!) parents who don’t have a nanny or a grandparent dedicated to childcare.