long story short we have the choice between kids doing hybrid school + nanny, or full time school and aftercare (aftercare all outside) no nanny. I feel like any childcare in our home is higher risk than at school or outside + masks. thoughts?
i really don't know about school except masks. nanny would trust except you never really know unless you mandate the nanny and her family members see zero other humans ever without masks. i guess school you at least know masks.
op - 100% we are deciding (per above) whether to send them to a new school that is full time bc we cannot understand why current school thinks infection risk is mitigated by part time. in fact my suspicion is it exposes us to MORE risks bc then need childcare
It seems that OP really needs childcare coverage. What will happen with full school and afterschool is that the likelihood that your kids are quarantined because of exposure is high. If they are hybrid with no afterschool, that cuts their exposure chances in half.
This is a well-tread subject here. Unfortunately no good answers if you really need the child care. You will have to take some real risks. The safest choice is do remote at home with no childcare.
@Anonymous That's OR's point. There are no good choices. You either take the safest route possible and keep your kids home and somehow manage their remote learning yourself, or you take some real risks by either letting them out in the world to go to school or inviting the world into your home via your nanny, who hopefully matches on your COVID risk profile, but you can never know for sure. I suppose you could have a live in, but even they get time off to do whatever it is they want in the world.
@Anonymous i think my point is that option a for many of us is not a real option. so you just have options b (more school) or c (nanny). hence my original q.
I think they both have their risks. However, I would lean toward full time school because it would be better for my kids.
I don't want anyone in my house but us until we are all vaccinated.
Depends on who is in the bubble. Surely you can imagine a low risk person in your home and high risk folks at school and vice versa.
i really don't know about school except masks. nanny would trust except you never really know unless you mandate the nanny and her family members see zero other humans ever without masks. i guess school you at least know masks.
@Anonymous You find a nanny with a similar risk profile.
If you are already doing school I don’t see a huge difference between hybrid and full time as far as risk
op - 100% we are deciding (per above) whether to send them to a new school that is full time bc we cannot understand why current school thinks infection risk is mitigated by part time. in fact my suspicion is it exposes us to MORE risks bc then need childcare
@Anonymous Typically, the idea behind hybrid is so that you can socially distance on top of other measures like masks.
It seems that OP really needs childcare coverage. What will happen with full school and afterschool is that the likelihood that your kids are quarantined because of exposure is high. If they are hybrid with no afterschool, that cuts their exposure chances in half.
that's a good point.
This is a well-tread subject here. Unfortunately no good answers if you really need the child care. You will have to take some real risks. The safest choice is do remote at home with no childcare.
but then how work considering am required 9 hours a day on back to back zoom meetings and manage a team and have small kids who need oversight?
@Anonymous That's OR's point. There are no good choices. You either take the safest route possible and keep your kids home and somehow manage their remote learning yourself, or you take some real risks by either letting them out in the world to go to school or inviting the world into your home via your nanny, who hopefully matches on your COVID risk profile, but you can never know for sure. I suppose you could have a live in, but even they get time off to do whatever it is they want in the world.
@Anonymous i think my point is that option a for many of us is not a real option. so you just have options b (more school) or c (nanny). hence my original q.