School's OUT! Parents Need Summer Child Care ☀️

Summer is here and our kiddos are out of school and while it may be all fun and games for them, parents are often stuck scrambling to find child care options before the summer season even begins. While kids may be happy about it – summer often sends parents into a spiral that starts way before the summer season begins.

Playing games with your kids can be fun, but playing child care BINGO all summer? Not so much! Have you scrambled through your phone book trying to figure out who can take care of your child during summer days? Have you had to work from home totally guilt ridden that you are rotting your kids' brains by allowing them watch cartoon marathons while you’re on zoom calls? There are so many ways parents (and mostly tired moms TBH) try to make summers work, but there HAS to be a better solution than having your kids devolve into a sibling thunderdome while you attempt to meet a work deadline or flying your kids off to another country to stay with relatives. Which, you know, also isn’t cheap! There has to be a better way!

When schools are out, parents still need to work! That’s why we need affordable child care (including summer care, and non traditional hours care!) in our communities, so that parents can go to work knowing that their kids are taken care of and that summer fun keeps them learning and engaged in a safe and loving environment.

Sign and tell Members of Congress that we need child care all year long!

Dear Member of Congress:

For too many parents, summer plans start months ahead of time, when parents have to figure out how to make child care work while schools are out for 10-12 weeks a year. Parents, with the burden falling disproportionately on moms, end up spending hours and hours devoted to researching what summer camps are in our neighborhoods, are easily accessible with our work schedule(s) and fit our budget.

Many parents across the country spend the summer trying to “make it work” sometimes through a patchwork of friends and family chipping in to lessen the child care load at home. Many times parents are forced to sign up for camps which are unaffordable (forcing many parents into debt by maxing out credit cards!) – and have to take time off or leave the workforce in the summer due to child care challenges. This only adds to the continual economic burdens too families already face.

There has to be a better way for our families. When there is no child care, parents, families, communities and businesses hurt. No one wins.

This issue is simply confirmation of what parents all over the country know – child care is essential. It is essential for parents to have safe and affordable summer child care options. We know parents need child care to work – all child care – including summer child care – is essential for our economy.

That’s why we need affordable child care (including summer and non-traditional hours care!) in our communities, so parents can work knowing their kids are learning and being taken care of in an enriching, safe and loving environment all summer long!

Sincerely,

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