Océane Théard, edited by Ugo Pascolo 7:05 p.m., January 12, 2022

On the eve of a well-attended teachers' strike, the parents of students met by Europe 1 are divided.

If some understand the demands of the teaching staff, others are annoyed to relive a news the galley of having to telecommute while taking care of the children. 

"It's hell!"

Nathaniel, father of two children aged 3 and 5 is exhausted.

Thursday, he will have to take care of Livia and Isaac, while telecommuting.

Because nearly 75% of teachers will be on strike that day, and 50% of schools closed, according to the first primary union, the Snuipp-FSU.

A large-scale mobilization, to denounce, among other things, the management of the health crisis in schools by the government.

But on the side of the parents met by Europe 1, the heart swings between support and the hassle of teleworking with children at home. 

"We're going to juggle, but it's getting very complicated"

"We are going to make it work, we have to take care of the children, stay at home, do telework. We are going to juggle, but it becomes very complicated", laments this father. Same dilemma a few meters further on with Malika who is walking around surrounded by her two children. She has just learned that their 5th and 5th grade teachers will be on strike on Thursday. "I have to keep them! And it is not easy to manage both the work and the children. Especially at noon, you have to juggle between the children's meals and the meetings!"

Especially since this strike has shaken up a daily life already upset by the Covid-19.

In the nursery school of little Charlotte, the teacher will be present but the canteen and extra-curricular activities are canceled.

What despair of Sarah, his mother.

"This week is really chaotic! There his mistress is sick, and in addition with the strike, it is really the last straw," she pleaded at the microphone of Europe 1.

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"I understand their demands"

And yet some of the parents we met support the teachers in this strike movement.

Protocol changing from day to day, multiplication of self-tests, certificate to be presented, this becomes illegible for some parents.

Alice, a mother of three, says she is in solidarity with the striking teachers, for example.

"I understand their demands because I myself am impacted. I spent the whole last week doing self-tests, self-test checks which were positive and which ultimately turned out to be negative," breaths- she does.

"Me, my daughters cry every time we have to do a self-test. I don't know if it's good for your health to bother them about it."