Full-time Nanny with SAHP - Why?
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Full-time Nanny with SAHP - Why?
| Tue, 02-10-2004 - 6:41pm |
Something I've often wondered about, but never had the opportunity to ask. Why do SAHM or SAHD need a full time nanny, especially when they aren't working from home. I can easily see the need if the SAHP is a WAHP, but what is the logic for a full time nanny otherwise?
Any comments?

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FTR, I think any sahm with older children in school all day who doesn't volunteer is a waste. Everyone should make some contribution, be it paid or unpaid.
You're OK with that. I wouldn't be.
"I am reluctantly going to work b/c I have issues with the system, however when I considered that I could make the difference between child abuse cases getting investigated in a much more timely fashion, as opposed to children being left at risk, I felt that I was obligated to those children in my community to make the sacrafice - temporarily"
You aren't making the sacrifice, your daughter is.
Laura
Edited to change *well cared for* to *adequately* cared for. I do not think that dc is a wonderful place and I would not place my children there if it were not a temporary situation. They are capable of *sucking it up* for a couple of months for the benefit of abused and neglected children, which btw, has been explained to them. Dd, while unhappy, feels that she is making a sacrifice for these children and has expressed some pride in herself for making that sacrifice. I totally believe that the optimal solution for *my children* is AH with a parent - either me or dh.
Edited 2/15/2004 2:30:48 PM ET by it_is_me_again
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