Working moms speak out on how school closures are impacting their families on 'Fox & Friends.'
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That I would recommend,
given the science if the
vaccination program in this
country, Prorksdz, if people do go,
get their vaccines there. He
does believe that schools should
be able to reopen in September
and reopen safely following the
CDC guidelines,
but he said probably
he said did not say absolutely,
because we have all seen this
since unfortunately January of twenty twenty,
its an unpredictable virus,
Ainsley employment rates for
working moms are still far below
their pre pandemic levels.
Many had to quit their jobs to
stay at home with their kids.
How is this fair to the children
and how is it fair to the
parents
lets bring in a panel of
Working moms, Emily, an economic
professor at Brown, university
and mother of two
Jacqueline Staff, the founder of
charm and mother of three, and we
have Cindy Lee a working mother
of four, a single mom.
I dont know how do you it
Cindy? You are a hero.
Thank you,
Ainsley! Thank you all for being
with us.
Thank you, Ainsley
Ainsley. I are welcome
Emily. I will start with you.
What is your reaction to what
Anita Dunn just said? Might not
open in September
Ainsley, I spent most of I sp,
studying this problem and part
of what is troubling about this
messaging is we have
increasingly seen that schools
can reopen safely? That was true
enemy cases, even before
widespread vaccination after
widespread vaccination, that will
be even more true.
I think we really need keep
pushing this, because we are
seeing that for working parents
for working moms in particular,
this has been devastating
not only for them, but also for
their kids.
We know that in person learning
dominating virtual learning for
kids, both learning and mental
health.
I think this is a crisis
Ainsley Jacqueline. How has it
affected your family
mom of three? Have you been
staying at home with them, or
have you been helping them
through this situation?
Yes,
definitely been a challenge
and I have to tell you I have
such a deep appreciation for our
Tennessee teachers and what they
do, because it was very
challenging
for a child to sit in front of a
screen for hours is not easy
and you know really broke my
heart to hear my 10 year old say
I want to see my friends
personally. I have a toddler that
you know has challenges set
back because he didnt have that
social interaction.
You know Ainsley, the bottom
line is, we have to start
prioritizing our children and we
have, to you, know, make them a
priority and not politicize. You
know these schools reopening
for one personal agenda.
We are really hurting them with
their social development, and
you know advancing.
We have got to make a change,
Ainsley Cindy. How about you
gosh? I dont know how you are
doing it. What line of work? Are
you in
im in human resources and
im an essential employee? So I
have been working during this
entire pandemic and also raising
four boys, and when I found out
early on that, their public
schools werent going to be
resuming full time, I withdrew
them and put them in private
school that returned to regular
operations.
That begs the question
can reopen and schools cant and
the reason is because of the
teachers, unions,
the teachers unions are
dictating the terms of reopening
such as what we are seeing with
the CDC story that theyre CDC
what to write in final guidance
and the CDC is incorporating it.
The teachers union donate a
large sum of money to Joe Biden
and the Democrats, which is why
the blue states have been slower
to reopen.
So, as the leader of this
country, Joe Biden, needs to
prioritize our children.
He needs to tell teachers to get
back to work
if they want to take the vaccine,
they can take the vaccine, but
schools need to open now and to
ensure that our childs
education are in the hands of
the parents, and this never
happens again. Parents need to
get involved by contacting their
state legislators to pass a
school choice bill where the
taxpayer money follows the
student
Ainsley. God bless you all
saying: prayers for your kids. If
they get pack in school, if
theyre not in school right now,
all the kids around the country
do
Jacqueline. You are married to
Scott who in creed his music
has gotten us through all of in
this.
I hope he gets back and able to.
Transcript generated on 2021-08-11.