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Family care emergencies can disrupt your whole day. Bright Horizons Back-Up Care™, a benefit available to you if offered by your employer, can give you peace of mind, providing replacement care when regular arrangements fall through. Now the program is in the palm of your hand! As a user of Bright Horizons Back-Up Care, you can conveniently schedule care right from your mobile device with the Back-Up Care app. Whether your regular caregiver calls in sick, your child has a school holiday, or you’re transitioning back to work from parental leave, the Back-Up Care app is your easy, time-saving solution to managing family care challenges while on the go. You can use the Back-Up Care app to: • Sign up for your benefit (to get started, you just need your employer’s username and password) • Submit a new request for back-up care • Request previously used caregivers • View details of existing reservations • Receive notifications when reservations are confirmed • Quickly create new reservations by copying past reservations • Find nearby centers and view each location on a map • Add confirmed reservations to your device’s calendar • Get details about your benefit offering *Please note: Your employer must participate in Bright Horizons Back-Up Care in order to use this app. Not all employers who participate allow the use of this app. Please contact your human resources department for information on benefit availability.

Whether you're spiraling through a rough week, need someone (fake) in your corner, or just enjoy a little scheduled disappointment, Lowered Expectations has you covered. Sarcastic reminders are one of the simplest and most honest tools for emotional self-defense. It's all about lowering the bar early, so you're never caught off guard by hope. Now you can get gently let down without even trying. Create fictional contacts, set how often they text you, and let them deliver positive affirmations — or hilariously deflating non-affirmations — right when you least expect them. Unlock new contacts as you go, customize the vibe of your messages, and share the ones that hit a little too close to home with friends. The app includes a growing multilingual message library across a range of tones — from warm to bleak — with new lines added regularly. - Positive and disappointing affirmations - Unlock contacts as you engage - Multiple languages: English, Spanish, French, Chinese - Scratch-off reveals for that little dopamine hit - Custom notification intervals Affirmations, lowered.