“Wow — Japan’s Prime Minister is requesting that all elementary schools, junior high & high schools nationwide close starting next Monday until spring break”
That’s basically a month. Wouldn’t be a big deal here, since kids learn nothing at public schools anyway (other than to hate America), but it is in Japan, we’re they’re still being taught something.
in America, schools are often the babysitter while both parents work.
If schools close, single parents and households that need 2 parents working will be in a pickle. Both will either have to take paid family leave, if they have that, or face unemployment, devastating for single parents.