Brooklyn, NY – How do you say “free day care” in Swedish?
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Ikea!
Brooklyn parents are flocking to the Red Hook furniture giant to drop off their kids at a free day care service called Smaland – even when buying a sofa is not on the agenda.
In the year since Ikea has been open, the day care center, which welcomes kids from 36 inches to 50 inches in height, has gained a crew of regulars.
“They come a few times a week. It’s just a way for the parents to have a little bit of their own time,” said the store’s spokeswoman, Lorna Montalvo.
The Swedish furniture and housewares store offers free day care, complete with counselors, a ball pit and an arts and crafts station.
Even though the time limit per child is only 45 minutes on weekdays and 30 minutes on weekends, Smaland still draws parents starved for me-time.
“Sometimes, you see parents come by, drop off their kid and then go right upstairs and have a meal,” Montalvo said.
a good thing for time limits otherwise parents would leave their child over from nine till five.
This is a really great option to get away….the prices are great and the gravlox and other vegetable items at the restaurant are wonderful too. Its a sad commentary about the lack of affordable day care in the community at large and especially for large heimeshe families.
All of you – choose your own level of kashrus, and abide by what your own minhagim and hakpada.
Stop lecturing other people about what they should or should not be doing. Nobody said “you know, IKEA’s gravlax can be eaten by chassidim”
– number 1 simply said “this is a great option to get away” and mentioned that they like the vegetables and smoked salmon (which, in europe, is eaten by all with no hechsher implied nor required – but that’s not the topic of my comment, so please don’t start). So now he/she attracts a barrage of attackers who begin their mussar of what level of kashrus they keep?
Stick to the point. Read the story. Make a comment you think is relevant, on the story or its details. And, as we approach the 3 weeks, stop bashing other yidden for no reason nor purpose…