Our co-founder Joan just posted about her child care challenges -- "the child care scramble." Read her blog about why employers should offer their employees backup child care as a benefit.
As busy parents, we have all been there. The nanny calls out sick or your child's school is closed for an in-service day. For instance, my kids' school is closed this Wednesday, the day after Halloween. A bunch of schools are actually closed the day after Halloween I came to realize. You mean, you don't want sugar-charged kids who stayed up way past their bedtime in your classroom? I jest! Typically, I would do the "child care scramble," going through my rolodex of options. I text my parents and hope they are free as they are also the back-up-grandparent-care for my sister who is a physician with demanding hours. I text teachers and teacher's aides from my kids' school only to realize that the other parents got to them first. I have even gone on various child care websites to look for an in-home sitter, handed over a credit card number and paid a subscription fee out of sheer desperation only to see that my messages to the prospects with shiny reviews go unanswered or the back-and-forth of figuring out the "when, where, how much" logistics become just so agonizing that you then resort to the final option: Netflix Nanny for the kids and a frustrating, semi-productive workday. ("Mommmmmm, it says are you still watching!!!?") I know I am not the only one who has been in this jam. And that's why I believe that employers should offer their employees back-up child care. Read my blog that goes into greater depth here: https://lnkd.in/g9dnv4pE ?? Comment below on your child care scramble and let's see how scrambly we can get. ?? For the record, I booked my kids on-demand child care on Bumo - www.bumo.com. ??