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loyalsister

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19. Thank you!

Reply to rownesheck (Reply #17)

Sat Nov 9, 2019, 10:09 AM

Nov 2019

Still there need to be options for people who want to work more hours or to have some down time without the kids. Providing child care offers some flexibility.

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CNN: Kamala Harris introduced a bill to keep schools open three more hours [View all] erpowers Nov 2019 OP

Definitely the wrong direction we need to be going with that. Tiggeroshii Nov 2019 #1

Not really SoCalNative Nov 2019 #2

Yes really. Kids are stressed out enough. Keeping schools open another 3 hours will only make it Tiggeroshii Nov 2019 #6

Read the article. Heck, just read the excerpt. Grokenstein Nov 2019 #7

I know that. It doesn't matter. Keeping these things at school is overbearing. Tiggeroshii Nov 2019 #10

Who will pay for it? left-of-center2012 Nov 2019 #3

Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses? Grokenstein Nov 2019 #8

Who will pay for it? left-of-center2012 Nov 2019 #9

They already have these kinds of programs at our local schools here. Mr.Bill Nov 2019 #4

Seems like a good idea to help parents who cannot easily provide supervision for their children, Doodley Nov 2019 #5

Taking kids to museums and aquariums sounds great radical noodle Nov 2019 #11

Reduce the burden of childcare by providing childcare... not more hours at school. Politicub Nov 2019 #12

It seems like a fine idea to me for kids up to a certain age renate Nov 2019 #13

Extended day care would be wonderful... heck when I was in third grade in Chicago.. they Peacetrain Nov 2019 #14

A desperate political stunt aaaaaa5a Nov 2019 #15

I actually think after-school programs are a great idea peggysue2 Nov 2019 #16

Why don't we shorten rownesheck Nov 2019 #17

Thank you! loyalsister Nov 2019 #19

It's an excellent idea. gulliver Nov 2019 #18