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Sunday, January 3, 2010

Shutdowns in region leave parents scrambling to find alternatives - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee


Shutdowns in region leave parents scrambling to find alternatives - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee:

"After the economy caused her daughter's preschool to contract and close, Amy Peterson-Mar was faced with several tough questions.

Would she be able to find affordable care? Should she look for a center near her home or near her job? And how would she break the news to Elspeth, known to everyone but the folks who printed her birth certificate as 'Beanie'?

In the end, Peterson-Mar said, she found a family care home that would work for a while and 'we told (Beanie) she was going to camp.'"