A rant: The NYC DOE is expected to follow CDC guidelines requiring each student to have 65sq. ft. of classroom space, which means my kids will go to school 1 of every 3 weeks this fall. Adults, however, are supposed to be back to work as the economy “reopens.”

What’s confusing to me is that these plans are moving forward apace without any consideration of the working parents who will be ground up in the gears when they collide. I wish someone would just say the quiet part loud: In the COVID economy, you’re only allowed a kid OR a job.

(Or, a full-time nanny, grandparent who can swoop in, or the wealth to hire a private tutor for your kid, “resolutions” people have told me about in the last few days, as if... this is fine, tenable, let's definitely let people with cushioning guide policy here.)

If you’re about to respond “but you shouldn’t have kids if you can’t take care of them,” or “but it may not even be safe to send kids back to school,” you’re off the debate team, because this isn't what I'm talking about here. Also not questioning whether schools need to be safe.

What I am simmering with white hot rage over is the idea that both plans are moving ahead — an open economy but mostly closed schools, camps — as if it would be totally okay if a generation of parents lost their careers, insurance, and livelihoods in the process. It's outrageous.