Sorry to put this on the AIBU section but I wanted to garner opinion. So the “childcare bubble.” How do you define it? I’ve had a lot of parents ask me “who I’ve bubbled up with.” Most parents where I live have either bubbled up with a grandparent or bubbled up with another family to share childcare duties. My definition of childcare is when you need someone to look after your children because you are either working or because you have an emergency (ie doctors appointment / no way of taking child with you.) I’ve now discovered that a large majority of people who are bubbling up do not work and could technically stay at home with the children but are choosing to split time with another family. Another friend suggested to me that by keeping my son from bubbling up with another family I may be “damaging his mental health and was being selfish.” I GENUINELY thought that the childcare bubble was to cover those parents working or for emergencies. Have I misunderstood this? It seems so incredibly common where I live that I’m the only person not doing it.