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"It's a real obstacle course": the ordeal of parents to find a place in a nursery

2022-08-31T17:39:33.274Z


TESTIMONIALS - Despite the start of the school year, 10,000 early childhood professionals are still missing, which leaves hundreds of parents without a childcare solution.


Hello Madam, would you have room for a 10 month old baby in October?

Amandine no longer counts her phone calls.

Since the birth of her daughter Colombe, the young mother has been desperately looking for a childcare solution.

She does marketing consulting in a big Parisian box, he is an emergency doctor, “

we have no choice

”.

If at first she thought that “

it would be simple in Paris

”, finding someone she trusted to babysit her eldest turned out to be “

a real obstacle course

”.

"

We went through all the possible complications

," she recalls.

Several months on the waiting list for the nursery in their neighborhood, followed by withdrawals in a chain of nannies, then disappointment of all kinds for private nurseries.

It absolutely has to work by October, I have already extended my maternity leave with unpaid leave, but we won't be able to do that for very long.

»

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Source: lefigaro

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