How do you not get fired as a parent

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Worked full time all my life, had Dd later on, was able to stay at home with her during her younger years.
She started Pre school in September and has been sick practically every week (as have many others)
There have also been some teacher strikes.
I started a new job in September and have had to take so much time off, it really doesn’t look good. We don’t have family nearby and I wouldn’t want my parents to catch things anyway as they’re in their 70’s
How do you all fit working around being a parent, I feel like my workplace will let me go if this carries on.

I worked part time as a was easier to juggle.

Take it in turns to tqke time off when children are sick, dosn't matter who earns more, we need both salaries and we are both parents.

Save loads of annual leave for when they are sick.

It’s very stressful OP and yes you do wonder if you will be called into the office and sacked

We had one episode where nursery called to say DS was going to hospital in an ambulance, they couldn’t get hold of DH (who was actually logistically closer) so I had to run to my car (15 mins walk), drive like a crazy person (at least 90 mins drive in rush hour) to meet him at hospital (he hah gone with a nursery nurse). Whilst a colleague said they would deal with my clients and switch off my computer ! He was in hospital for 4 days , stress levels were through the roof

i think actually my employer was very accommodating whilst our DC’s were at nursery. I feel for you OP

I deliberately chose a job with flexibility and autonomy.

Very lucky to have wondering managers who were sympathetic and would tell me to "work from home" despite being completely unfeasible in my role. But in return, they had my upmost commitment, I worked hard, and didn't take the piss; my DH, despite working in a very masculine inflexible workplace stood his ground to make sure the load was shared which lessened the impact to my work, even when he was the higher earner.

*wonderful

We live in a different country from our families so it was really tough. Dh worked shifts at a time so that helped although it meant 3 weekends in four I was a lone parent at weekends. My dc were home alone with cebeebies from the age of 8 as I had a completely intransigent boss.
Not for a lotto win would I go back to those days.

I'd guess that having got used to having you as a sahm, all this stuff falls to you and that needs to change.

Where I work, we know things happen and ultimately parents have to be there for sick children, but we do expect the load to be shared between two employers when there are two parents.

Personally, I saw it as my feminist duty when my DC were small. That pay gap is there because of things like this.