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SVTer t1_iz3mz8h wrote

Leaving all the controversial police drama aside, the COVID trauma to families with young children was substantial. It hit low income households the worst and caused a lot of folks to relapse or slip further into addiction and mental illness, igniting all the socioeconomic shit we’re dealing with now. Many of our communities are broken, hurting, and circling the drain.

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whaletacochamp t1_iz4obev wrote

My wife and I aren’t low income and we didn’t even have our kid until the very tail end of this all, but it still has absolutely wreaked havoc on our lives in ways it never would have pre-pandemic. Just the amount of time we have had to take off of work due to illness, daycare closures, etc is asinine. In the past two months I’ve had to “work from home” (which is a joke when you’re caring for a baby) or straight up not work at least 2.5 weeks. Luckily my job is understanding and I have a lot of CTO, but it’s not even remotely sustainable.

Add onto that the fact that everything is expensive as hell and daycare is literally as much as our mortgage and it’s a wonder any family is holding it together.

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ArkeryStarkery t1_iz56ajx wrote

Yo we are in the same boat! "Work from home (with baby)" is like.... "make jam (no fruit challenge)"

meanwhile daycare is impossible if you're immunocompromised, because it's basically paying for a new virus to come into your home every week

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whaletacochamp t1_iz5a93c wrote

Yup. Kid started daycare 11/1, by 11/7 he had COVID and daycare was shut down. He went back and it's like a symphony of coughs, sneezes, and sniffles when I pick him up.

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