Word: theriot
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Finding an acceptable day-care arrangement is just the beginning of the ( struggle. Parents must then maneuver to maintain it. Michele Theriot of Santa Monica, Calif., a 37-year-old theatrical producer, has been scrambling ever since her daughter Zoe was born 2 1/2 years ago. In that short period she has employed a Danish au pair, who quit after eight months; a French girl, who stayed 2 1/2 months; and an Iranian, who lasted a week. "If you get a good person, it's great," says Theriot, "but they have a tendency to move on." Last September, Theriot decided...
...Theriot is none too sure that the center she finally chose is much better. Zoe's diapers aren't always changed, instructions about giving medicine are sometimes ignored, and worse, "she's started having nightmares." En route to day care on a recent day, Zoe cried out, "No school! No school!" and became distraught. It is time, Theriot concludes, to start the child-care search again...
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