6 Fredericksburg Parent and Family • Special Issue 2024
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WRITTEN BY LEIGH ANNE VAN DOREN
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Leigh Anne Van Doren,
Frederickburg Parent and
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Finding a Family Friendly
Employer; the Mom Squad;
Disappearing Daycare
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Welcome to 2024! At the start of each new year, Fredericksburg Parent has
traditionally published a special issue on what we feel is the key challenge fac-
ing families in the upcoming year. For the last three years, picking the topic has
been easy: how our community rose to the challenge of surviving a pandemic.
Our annual "Stories of Strength" issues were a delight to put together.
This past year, our social feeds have been taken over by a growing crisis for
families: disappearing and unaffordable daycare. Inspired by our readers, our
new theme for this 2024 special issue is family-friendly employers and the
daycare crisis.
In this issue, which will be distributed all year at our events, we have Part
One of Disappearing Daycare: a six-part series on the personal and economic
impact of the collapse of affordable childcare in our area. The series will be
reported on by our sister nonprofit newsroom, the FXBG Advance. (subscribe
for free at fxbgadvance.com)
To do our part in contributing to a solution, we are kicking off the
Fredericksburg Parent Family Friendly Employer Designation: a special project
on finding and recognizing family friendly employer policies at area companies.
To be considered for the Fred Parent Family Friendly Employer designation,
go to www.fredericksburgparent.net and fill out the application there. There
is one for companies to self-report, and one for employees to nominate their
employers.
Meanwhile, area moms aren't waiting for government or industry to act. Local
mom's group, the Mom Squad, is creating a healthy community space for
moms, including drop-in daycare. We are proud to profile them, and wish them
the very best. .
Since this is a special annual issue, our calendar is online only, www.fredericks-
burgparent.net/calendar. As always, we welcome event listings from our read-
ers. Listings are free.
Tackling 2024
