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Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
As for the child care concerns, a lot of employers now offer several ways to get your 40 hours in
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True. Also, I'm sure that in and around any school districts that go to 4-day weeks, day care centers will start offering packages that include all-day care on the off day. It would probably cost parents about the same too, since the kids would be arriving at day care later on school days.
I'm a bit concerned about homework and extracurricular activities, though. I know that a lot of kids these days, especially on the high school level, get an awful lot of homework and end up working into the wee hours as it is. With the 4-day week, kids are dismissed later, meaning they have fewer hours in the afternoon and evening to devote to their homework and extracurriculars - and they may have to give up their extracurriculars to get that hour or two back for their homework. That would be a shame...