For parents, prolonged MCO means substituting as teachers or even sending kids away
Saturday, 11 Apr 2020 05:47 AM MYTFor some parents, having to spend time apart from their children amid the MCO has not been easy. — Picture courtesy of Jayee Low
“Normally we send them to a day care centre and I would pick them up at the end of the day. But with the MCO, the nurseries are closed and no one can look after them. I’m also wary of coming into contact with them after work,” said the 35-year-old. “I’m still lucky, some of my colleagues don’t even have a maid and they leave their kids at home alone and pray nothing happens,” she said.
“Now, he’s out of quarantine so I move back home and we keep in contact with our children by calling them daily, it is difficult but neither one of us want to risk exposing our children due to the nature of our jobs,” she said. The marketing executive said her five-month-old baby is staying with her parents-in-law and she used to visit her baby once a day to deliver breast milk before the MCO was enforced.She added that they live in a condominium and they would be exposed to many people when they leave the unit and go to the carpark.
“When the government announced the extension, my heart broke. It would mean I will be separated from my child for the entire month,” Tan said.Juggling between working from home and entertaining children’s demands has proved quite the ordeal. — Picture by Farhan NajibHairdresser Winnie Khoo said she has had to continue paying rent for her salon which was closed, meaning zero income for her this month.
Some schools and tuition centres have now switched to online learning through Google Classroom or using video chat applications like Zoom and Skype.
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