"Sorry about my kid talking during the call; school just got out." Moms are always saying sorry, but we didn't cause this mess. And by mess, I mean the status quo in the United States that we all accept as normal, but which is actually mind-bogglingly stupid: The school day and the work day don't line up.
Hey mama, you deserve lingerie! A fashionable Covid mask! A four-course meal at a restaurant you've never been to in a town you lived in 15 years ago! That snowball affects not just parents, teachers, and kids, but a cobbled-together industry of after-school and part-time childcare programs — which depend on low-paying care jobs with no benefits or security — and the goodwill and free labor of relatives tasked with filling these gaps.
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