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From: leo@cca.UUCP (Louise Osterman)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Child Care Location
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Date: Mon, 3-Feb-86 11:17:24 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb  3 11:17:24 1986
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> I have a question on child care for infants. I'm particularly
> looking for responses of people who have been in this
> situation before. Mail responses and I'll post a summary.
> 
> My husband and I work in opposite corners of Phoenix (I in the
> NE, he in the SW). We live in the SE corner. Work is about 45
> minutes from home for both of us. After our child is born, I
> will be returning to work. Should I look for some sort of
> child care near our home, near my office, or near his? Travel
> time between our offices is a minimum of 1hr, 15 min.
> 
> 
> Thanx!
> -- 
> Suzanne Barnett-Scott
> uucp:	 ...{decvax,ihnp4,noao,savax,seismo}!terak!suze
> CalComp/Sanders Display Products Division
> 14151 N 76th Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85260
> (602) 998-4800


I chose to have my daughter near home.  She would be nearer her pediatrician 
and in a neighborhood that was familiar to her.  At the time I made that 
decision, I was on a two-hour mass-transit commute and about a 30-45 minute 
drive from home.  I didn't like the feeling that I was physically "far away" 
from Lauren, but I had to put her overall well-being first.  Lauren is now
nearly four years old, and is a part of our neighborhood even though I am
working.  I place a lot of emphasis on feeling a part of the whole since my 
own childhood was a series of moves and being the only kid who went to a 
Catholic school - being the new kid on the block and the oddball who was "too 
good for 'regular' school" didn't do a lot for my self-esteem and was rather
lonely.  Lauren plays with other children in the neighborhood, takes tap and 
ballet lessons with the girl next door, and knows people even I don't know 
(I've met some of my neighbors in settings outside our neighborhood because 
they've seen Lauren and come by to say "hello" to her and introduce them-
selves to me.)  I would make the same decision again.  

BTW, I have been a single parent from the start, so I didn't have to be 
concerned about Lauren's father's employment location.  (He panics when she 
has an accident, anyway, and nearly faints at the sight of blood.  So much for 
the image of the "strong" father.)  

Louise E. Osterman
Computer Corporation of America