Zakai Care, was established to provide parents with a backup plan for sick children. Our trained staff will provide loving care for your sick child when you can’t. We provide (24) hours a day, (7) days a week “Sick Care” services for children (8) weeks through (12) years old. We provide ongoing extensive background checks on our staff to ensure the safety of your little ones. Your child is sick and you can’t stay home, don’t despair.
Real Life Struggles of Parents with No Back Up Plan
Some of these stories below may sound over the top. But these parent’s situations illustrate the lengths working parents must go to when their carefully calibrated child-care arrangements fall apart.
“My husband was out of town, I’d been up all night, and my priorities were completely jumbled,” recalls a mom. Halfway there, she came to her senses, called the office, and asked them to e-mail the files to her at home instead. The message from the boss? “He said I needed to find backup child care when my kids got sick — and that I should get into work immediately.'”
Generally, it’s not a big deal if either of Annie’s two daughters gets sick. Annie, a business consultant, and her husband, David, a real-estate broker, take turns staying home. But last winter, both 5-year-old Emily and 3-year-old Cameron came down with the flu at the same time — the one week it was impossible for either parent to be out of the office. That’s when they called in the reserves: “My mother lives four hours away,” says Rogers. “She took two days off so that I didn’t have to.”
Child Care Director, called the parents of one 14-month-old who started throwing up after nap time to ask them to come get their child. Neither could: The father had recently started a new job and was afraid he’d be fired. The mother had been home the previous week with the child’s older sibling, and her boss told her she’d be docked pay if she left again. “So this mom stuck her finger down her throat and vomited all over her office carpet”. “The boss sent her home sick, and she was able to pick up her child.
