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the school or kindergarten, which had been sharing the role of the family in raising children, closed with corona, it is pointed out that our social care measures revealed a gap. Let's look at the problems of caring for children on today's day (1st), a series of reports that point to our everyday life that Corona has changed and beyond.

Reporter Hye-kyung Jeong.

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Seo Mi-ok, a 15-year-old worker and raising two children.

One more thing to worry about in my daily life from dawn to evening.

I am worried about the elementary school children who stay at home all day as the school is delayed with Corona 19.

A child care coupon of 400,000 won, which comes in front of the second child as a kindergartener, will help, but if the situation is longer now, there will be a choice between childcare and career.


[Seo Mi-ok / Child-raising woman: (Child) When I'm at home alone, I'm most worried about it, so I can't concentrate on my work. If the child is too unbearable, I think we should consider taking a leave of absence.] At the

end of March, when Corona 19 was in full swing, government research institutes found that 73% of all respondents raised their own children at home. Many respondents said they had help from their grandparents or relatives.

After all, in a double-income family, a wife with a relatively low wage or job security is likely to quit her job.

Although the burden of raising the child was increased by closing the door to the daycare center, there were many cases where the husband's parental leave or the husband's household help was not received.

[Parenting woman A: I am a company where the groom does not have a parental leave itself. I think it's different from what people do because they want to do it. It seems that giving up is the most convenient.]

There are many cases of so-called 'solitary parenting'.

[Parenting woman B: In the past, the stress of solo parenting went out alone to watch a movie, but the corona burst. I can't go out. There is no way to resolve it now.]

[Park Won-soon / Research Fellow, Childcare Policy Research Institute: If the efficient and professional functions became useless without any use, it was inevitable to return to 'home'. (It is necessary to reorganize the working environment in order to be able to fully fulfill the role at home (by reducing the working time).)]

In addition to emergency childcare support such as disaster subsidies and emergency care systems for infants and toddlers, it is necessary to worry about sustainable everyday childcare systems in preparation for long-term corona.

(Video coverage: Lee Byeong-ju · Hyun-cheol Yang, Video editing: Jun-hee Kim, CG: Hong-yong Hong)