Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - ucb internal release 1.0; site ucbcad.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!decvax!ucbvax!ucbcad!pharper From: pharper@ucbcad.UUCP Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: Working parents and sick kids Message-ID: <31200001@ucbcad.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Jun-84 15:33:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbcad.31200001 Posted: Mon Jun 11 15:33:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 21-Jun-84 04:01:30 EDT References: <512@houxe.UUCP> Organization: UC Berkeley, EE CAD Group Lines: 22 Nf-ID: #R:houxe:-51200:ucbcad:31200001:000:1173 Nf-From: ucbcad!pharper Jun 18 11:33:00 1984 The care of sick children in two career families is a BIG problem. So far my husband and I have managed by using our sick leave and taking occasional vacation days and even time off without pay. We are fortunate to have employers who allow us to use our time this way; I realize that many employers consider the use of all available paid leave to be grounds for dismissal. I recently heard that in Berkeley a group of people has opened a sick-child care center. Children who are past the contagious stages of their diseases, but who are still recuperating, are accepted on as needed basis. The staff includes a nurse who screens the children to assure that they are not contagious. The cost is $4.50 an hour if I remember correctly. Their primary goal was to assist parents who may have more than one child come down with a communicable disease in sequence. Such occurances, as I recall from childhood, can easily keep a parent out of the work force for several months. --Patty Harper (I am new to networking, but I think my path is: {allegra|decvax|harpo|ihnp4|teklabs|ucbvax}!cad!pharper) pharper@berkeley.arpa