Working Mom Rant: This Weekday Ish

Last night I was bored so I started look around for things you can do with your kid in the area. Yes, I know lil O is only 4.5 months old and can't do these things yet but I was bored and didn't want to go to bed yet. Also, I'm a planner and like to know my options even if it is 1 or 2 years in advance :) You can't help but get excited about doing stuff with your baby when she gets older.

I decided to look up story times in my area and the area where we eventually plan to move to. To my surprise, every story time was on a weekday during working hours. Libraries. Weekday. Museums. Weekday. Barnes and Noble, a national chain, even had all their story times on weekdays. The only thing I found was a story time once a month at a local museum in the area we plan on leaving. 

So what are working parents supposed to do? Yes, I'm sure there will be other activities I can take her to, my mom could take her to story time while I'm at work, or she will get some story time when she goes to preschool. But what if I want to take her to a story time? What if I want to see my kid interact with other kids in that type of setting, watch her reactions, deal with tantrums because she doesn't want to leave, any potential mom judgement and so on. I am lucky that I can work two days a week from home thanks to my flexible boss but I don't want to push it too far. Besides, not all parents have the same flexibility as I do. With where we are potentially moving, I don't think I could pull off story time within a lunch hour. 

I know this is only one activity I am singling out and there are MANY other activities that we could do during the weekend but still, what are the options for working parents? In a time where the majority of households have two working parents, why aren't weekday activities also offered on weekends? 

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