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\"There are people who have be able to hit the pause button on a project under the idea that September would return some level of normalcy in child care and not having your kids there all day,\" Perelman told \"GMA.\"

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently released guidelines for reopening schools, saying they want kids physically in class for its social and educational benefits.

\"We really need to be working hard as a country to really drive down the number of coronavirus infections and that's going to make the reopening of schools in the fall much, much easier,\" said Dr. Sean O'Leary, an AAP infectious disease specialist.

Dr. Gilboa Deborah, a family physician and resilience expert, said we cannot protect kids from all risk.

I released the primal scream that we -- and countless other parents for whom this situation isn't just untenable, it's impossible -- have been feeling since March. https://t.co/3MqKC5hSOe

— deb perelman (@debperelman) July 2, 2020

\"What we're going to have to decide, week by week or month by month, is it riskier to send kids to school and have everyone's health be in jeopardy? Or, is it riskier to keep kids home and have everyone's finances and ability to pay bills be in jeopardy?\" Deborah told \"GMA.\"

As for Perelman, she believes new school schedules has parents fearing they may have to leave the workforce.

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