COVID-19

Is it safe — and ethical — to send your child to day care?

For parents who aren’t deemed emergency workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, the decision can be agonizing

Two children at a small outside table.
Edmund and Peter Hannan, ages 5 and 3, have a backyard picnic during Minnesota's stay-at-home order. Minnesota’s stay-at-home order does not prohibit families from taking their kids to day care, but officials note that the goal is to keep providers open specifically for the children of emergency workers.
Courtesy of Paul Hannan