Over the Christmas break, my baby sitter quit. I spent the next 2 weeks searching for child care and discovered something. I live in a child care desert. DESERT! There is not one child care facility in my school zone. Not one. My daughters school does offer after school care until 5:30 PM and that is where I currently I have her registered. They do not offer before care. However, I am used to having child care 6AM to 6 PM. I live 45 miles from where I work. By the time I drive (with traffic), park and get into work, it takes about an hour and half. So I work for 8 hours, with a 30 minute lunch: 8.5 Normal traffic to work each morning: 1.5 Normal traffic from work each morning: 1.5 Total time I HAVE to be away from home: 11.5 hours. See why I NEED 12 complete hours of child care. The normal traffic does not allow for wrecks or incr...
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