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@bcs90 Pointing out the author's bias and lack of data isn't attacking an article. It's giving meaningful critique to a poorly sourced and written article. I've seen it cited in parenting communities and has been given the same weight as a peer-reviewed paper.

@noiramrnslmc I'll caveat that I'm in NYC and have a 4 year old. For younger kids, like 5th grade and younger, there are fee-based after school programs. Some pick your kid up at the school. The one that my kid is enrolled in, is on school grounds. Quality varies. Usually these programs run...

@bcs90 I think that it's really not the best that science can do since it's presenting such weak data without caveat. It's concerning since it'll get posted here and other subs and users will take it at face value.

@mammabear If your job is so relaxed that you don't need childcare, that's the exception and not the rule. Not sure what more can be discussed. Most of us need childcare while working, so spending time on how to not get caught at work, isn't productive vs finding actual childcare that is...

@ronniev You've been pushing a narrative that working mom's are feeling guilty. What is that? There's no berating of moms either. A group realizing that there isn't anything else to discuss on a subject isn't excluding people. The discussion went round and round without a resolution other...

@withwonderingawe For me, the red flag is that the school doesn't seem to be able to meet the needs of children at different stages. My 4 year old is in a blended Pre-K and he's got a mix of classmates who are in different developmental places. He's reading anything that he can get his hands on...

@ronniev Maybe it's a truth for you, but that runs counter to the experience of many. So many posts boiled down to "I have to work and don't have child care, how can I do that?" If they could do so with the blessing of their employers, they wouldn't have those types of posts.

@grace4nan Yeah, I was going through it with a toddler and it was intense. I cannot do that and would certainly be fired if I tried that now, in 2023.

@mvchante My city too. I've talked with another mom who was shocked that our kids were in the class year, when I explained the Dec 31 cut off.

@joaa During the past year, the sub was inundated with posts about how to "work from home and not hire childcare for children who are not old enough to go to school." Eventually, the members and moderators got tired of the same posts and discussion. Most of the discussions boiled down to...

@olivemcr Yeah, I imagine this upcoming generation having an experience of "you're 18 and an adult, but you're also still a junior in high school." I have a summer birthday, so it's very surprising to hear parents talking about holding back May kids. The school year isn't even over at that...

@petrasophie Those reasons are why the public school system in my city doesn't allow redshirting. (You can of course go to private schools, but that's on your own dime)