Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees during Covid-19

Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by meheleventyone on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @02:55AM (#24418059)

I’ve heard horror stories about childcare in the US from friends who live/lived there so I can understand people’s reticence when their only experiences have been extremely poor.

But likewise my experience in Iceland has been phenomenal. Experienced, educated teachers who specialise in pre-school education backed up by really caring support staff. And the schools are packed full of fun things to do and healthy food.

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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by Freak_NL on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @03:35AM (#24418336)

Really. Bringing my 1½ year old kid to the (heavily subsidised) kinderdagopvang in the Netherlands is a no-brainer. He gets to play and mingle with other young children and enjoy himself tremendously, and we work from home. Professionals take care of his needs, and there is not a moment of worry as far as we parents are concerned. It's also only 500m away, so I get some fresh air too when I bring and pick him up by bicycle.

The day these day care facilities reopened (May 11th) was a good day.

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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by mleo on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @09:48AM (#24420935)

Unfortunately, childcare is like most things in the US, cost and quality vary wildly. We had great childcare and preschool experience, but for a period of time was paying more than our mortgage to send the kids there.

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