Many working parents are worried about how they'll juggle having their kids at home for online learning this fall.

When Kimberly Reiter found out the Reynolds School District was going all virtual for the first 9 weeks this fall, it altered her plans.

"That was kind of very discerning to me, because of the fact that I care about the safety of my children, but at the same time, a job that was being held for me for the past three months I'm not able to take," Reiter said.

Reiter says her twin 5-year-old daughters will begin kindergarten at home. She'll be the one helping with their learning each day instead of pursuing her nursing career.

Even though this family could use the extra money, research found that it would cost too much for a substitute.

"I did interview a few people for babysitting, so I could at least go back part-time, and it just defeated the purpose of going back to work, because they were so expensive or they just don't feel comfortable, you know, with the COVID," she said.

The cost for at-home supervision is a big barrier for many parents and some don't have the options of staying home during the day.

What we're going to do is whoever is there with them at the time, help with whatever they need help with," Angel Allen said, a mom with two children in Warren. "We're just kind of tag teaming the education part and that way it doesn't interfere with either one of our jobs."

Niles mom Jessica Detec says she and her husband just got done paying for daycare before the pandemic hit.

"It's expensive and it's worth the investment and it's going to have to be an investment," she said.

The working couple decided to go back to the daycare where they originally took their daughters to help with virtual learning during the day.

The Niles Local School District is offering a hybrid model this year, but with their work schedules, the Detecs don't have anyone to help their kids on the days their kids stay home and learn virtually.

"Unless my husband is going to quit his job, which wasn't really in our plan financially, we didn't know how to get someone to watch the kids on the three days they're not in school," Detec said.

Detec was hoping she would find a way to share the duties at home with another parent, but so far no luck.

Learning pods where kids go between a group of homes are a popular option. A woman in Lakewood, Ohio, is playing match-mater for families who want to divide up duties.

In Austintown, Jeff Myers is a widow with two kids that plan on attempting in-person instruction, but he's still on the fence about their plan.

"I'm very on the fence about it," Myers said.

He works full-time and can lean on his mom to help with his 8-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter some of the time, but not the entire time if his kids end up at home.

"Just making the decision myself is a very challenging thing," Myers said.

"Not having another parent to give you a little bit of assurance and come to a mutual understanding about it, yeah, it's very tough."