Full-time Nanny with SAHP - Why?

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Registered: 01-28-2004
Full-time Nanny with SAHP - Why?
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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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iVillage Member
Registered: 05-28-2003
Mon, 02-16-2004 - 2:23pm
I was thinking more in terms of supply vs. demand WRT price.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 02-16-2004 - 2:51pm
Because I wouldn't

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 02-16-2004 - 2:55pm

That's exactly my point (in this overall thread, not in that one post).

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 02-16-2004 - 3:01pm

Do your nanny, and your friends' nannies, speak fluent, native English?

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Registered: 07-02-2003
Mon, 02-16-2004 - 3:09pm
That is why I said I normally WAH. I have accepted a temporary position with Children's Services, which is where dh is employed. I have my own home based business as a financial advisor and I have a few other small businesses, one of which is an investment business. Our income from our investments far exceeds dh's income or my business income. If he quit today we would not miss his income. He does get some health benefits, but in Canada we benefit from universal health care so those benefits are not so significant that we would even miss them. I think most jobs fulfill some need either in the market place or the community and of course his is no different, but it does not benefit our family except for the fact that it provides him with a level of personal gratification. He is very skilled at his *craft* and while he toys with the idea of retiring, he has yet to make a move. In addition to that, he is a chartered psychologist working as a front line social worker. He could be making much more $ in private practise, and he has passed up opportunities to move into management, because chooses to remain front line child protection. His motivation is purely self fulfilling.
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Registered: 05-28-2003
Mon, 02-16-2004 - 3:19pm


OK, if you say so. I guess I was giving him more credit than perhaps he deserves.
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Registered: 07-02-2003
Mon, 02-16-2004 - 4:50pm
How is it that he deserves no credit? Because he actually enjoys helping children he should receive no credit? Perhaps if he hated it and was, like many child protection workers are, burnt out, angry, resentful and needed the money he'd be worthy of respect? The reason I fell in love with him is because he is a very upbeat happy go lucky kind of guy. The fact that he likes what he does and gets personal satisfaction out of doing a good job does not make him anything but admirable. There are few people who can do the job for very long and continue to maintain a positive attitude.
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Registered: 10-18-2003
Mon, 02-16-2004 - 4:54pm
At what expense to the kids? The kids may not be paying a price for the mom to follow her bliss.

Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.  Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.

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Registered: 10-18-2003
Mon, 02-16-2004 - 5:00pm
Could she be teaching them to be kind to their fellow man? Could she be teaching them that domestic violence is wrong and we should do what we can to stomp it out? Could she be teaching them that it makes the world a better place to help those who are less fortunate? Could she be teaching them that culture is not dead, but is alive and well and is a wonderful experience to add to one's life? Could she be teaching them to be independent and learn that parents have lives other than their children? Could she be teaching them that they are not the center of the universe? Could she be teaching them that she has the capacity to love them and love others too? Could she be teaching them that not all things worth doing reward you financially? Could she be teaching them that some things just can't be solved with money?

Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.  Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.

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Registered: 10-18-2003
Mon, 02-16-2004 - 5:03pm
Oh boy .. I should go get a nanny man! .. and pay her more than I make ... tee hee hee

Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.  Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.

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