Tutors should not be needed for anything like coloring, be real. Daycare should not be our go-to. It's time to re-invent a working economy, we probably have to start with a parallel economy. Local, cash, trade, barter. I didn't say the original post was the only way to go, if you knew me you would know my usual advice, which I walk, is to pool with other families and work with each other.
We're outside of the city, remote work and building gardens gradually, working with neighbors, some of whom were shut down/shut out of their places of work and worship, also finding out what filth was being pushed into their kids' heads. Strong churches didn't give in, but where they did, other spaces are found. Used books, libraries, shared books, pulled money to buy materials, Christian bookshops with curriculum, etc. Time and work of course are required. We find ways to make ends meet, new ways to make money from home, many times from other homeschoolers. Did you know you could roast coffee from home? Grow herbs, press essential oils, make soaps? Tutor for pay?
I'm sorry you had to rely on daycare. My family watched its own for generations, it was always expected the older would care for and then be cared for by the younger. Still amazing to me how disunited so many families are. But we can form new families and watch over each other; in the coming years, we will have to. You are strong, surely your children have grown strong as well; you all can help lead the way.
Tutors should not be needed for anything like coloring, be real. Daycare should not be our go-to. It's time to re-invent a working economy, we probably have to start with a parallel economy. Local, cash, trade, barter. I didn't say the original post was the only way to go, if you knew me you would know my usual advice, which I walk, is to pool with other families and work with each other.
We're outside of the city, remote work and building gardens gradually, working with neighbors, some of whom were shut down/shut out of their places of work and worship, also finding out what filth was being pushed into their kids' heads. Strong churches didn't give in, but where they did, other spaces are found. Used books, libraries, shared books, pulled money to buy materials, Christian bookshops with curriculum, etc. Time and work of course are required. We find ways to make ends meet, new ways to make money from home, many times from other homeschoolers. Did you know you could roast coffee from home? Grow herbs, press essential oils, make soaps? Tutor for pay?
I'm sorry you had to rely on daycare. My family watched its own for generations, it was always expected the older would care for and then be cared for by the younger. Still amazing to me how disunited so many families are. But we can form new families and watch over each other; in the coming years, we will have to. You are strong, surely your children have grown strong as well; you all can help lead the way.