"When my husband and I decided to move our family from the Bay Area back to New York City, we couldn't imagine a better setup for what was supposed to be our next chapter. We're a family of three by choice, and we both love what we do: I am a writer and college writing professor, and my husband is a computational designer."
"In 2020, we moved to the Bay Area for a work opportunity for my husband. Last fall, nearing his project's completion, he found an amazing job back in New York. Soon after, I had one too. Our new work schedules had built-in flexibility which made the idea of raising an elementary school-aged kid in New York City feasible, at least it seemed."
"My husband would work just 10 minutes from our son's elementary school which meant he could do morning drop offs and a weekly pickup. I requested early morning classes which allowed me to do pickups two afternoons a week, and I interviewed a part-time babysitter who could stay late once a week so we sneak in a regular date night. My husband and I agreed to split childcare on school holidays and sick days."
The couple relocated from the Bay Area to New York City for new jobs and chose housing near their son's elementary school. They structured flexible work schedules so the husband could handle morning drop-offs and some pickups while the wife taught early morning classes and did pickups two afternoons weekly. They hired a part-time babysitter for one late evening each week and planned to split holidays and sick days. After signing a lease, the husband's city facility was delayed, forcing him into a 90-minute commute and additional setup work that disrupted their childcare plan.
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