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Hi,

 

How do you usually manage to do your work and take care of your child after you moved to the US?

 

I will be bringing my husband and my 7 year old daughter with me. Can you give me some advice on what you did after you moved to the US with your family? How did you manage your work and child? We will start working with a minimum salary job so a daycare maybe is out of the budget. :D

 

I hope you can help.

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  Many couples work different shifts so one parent is at home while the other works. The other common way is one parent to work say M-Fri and the other on Sat-Sun.  Some people try work from home , but so many of those are scams.

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At 7 years old she will be in school during the day. So try and find something that line up with those hours. Many schools have before care and after care too. 

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6 hours ago, NigeriaorBust said:

  Many couples work different shifts so one parent is at home while the other works. The other common way is one parent to work say M-Fri and the other on Sat-Sun.  Some people try work from home , but so many of those are scams.

Thanks for the advice~! I guess homebased jobs are the best but really hard to find a good one.

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5 hours ago, Ontarkie said:

At 7 years old she will be in school during the day. So try and find something that line up with those hours. Many schools have before care and after care too. 

Are the after care expensive like day cares? Thanks~!

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For me in NY before and after school care is $75 per week the school is across the street from the daycare whose hours are from 7 am to 6 pm.

 

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5 hours ago, joanamber said:

Are the after care expensive like day cares? Thanks~!

It would vary from place to place, but from my friends experience it wasn't. 

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11 hours ago, Tracy-->NY said:

For me in NY before and after school care is $75 per week the school is across the street from the daycare whose hours are from 7 am to 6 pm.

Thanks for the info~! I guess the prices are reasonable for a minimum wage earner mom. :D

 
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