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From: rachel@ada-uts.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Child Care Location
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Date: Wed, 5-Feb-86 15:00:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  5 15:00:00 1986
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Nf-From: ada-uts!rachel    Feb  5 15:00:00 1986




My husband and I both have 30 minute commutes, in opposite directions.
We're expecting a baby in two months and have decided to go for child
care close to home, rather than close to one of our offices.  We
have found a center that we like close to home, and if that doesn't
work out, we'll look for an alternative in our town.

The major reason for this is so that we can share the  picking up and
dropping off chores, rather than saddling one parent with the entire
job.  Also, both of us will be in touch with the day care center and
its routines, and we'll both be familiar to the staff.

It's not a perfect solution.  I think I would like to be closer to
the center during the day.  But I think it's very important to try to
structure an equal involvement for both parents; and as our society
currently works, making that goal requires
a conscious effort.