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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It isn't the logical extension of what I said, because clearly you have no idea of what I was talking about.
"You said "How does a mom who neither works nor cares for her children benefit the family? What is her purpose in life - and please don't tell me it's to look good."
That is what I said, that is what I meant. If the sahm in question isn't dumping her kids the majority of the time, then I'm not talking about HER. She isn't a mom who doesn't care for her kids, is she? Get it?
Hugs,
Bridget & Ethan (5)
Not where I come from. Around here, EVERY CHILD goes to preschool. If they can't afford it there are free programs or scholarships. I've never even heard of a 3 year old who didn't go to preschool. Even moms with nannies always send their kids to preschool, it's not an either or proposition. P&J and iaudrey, aren't you going to send the kids to preschool?
Is that really why you chose preschool for your child, to get things done? I always thought people did it for their children's enrichment and to prepare them for school (hence the name). The free time for me was just a fringe benefit.
Most people I know with fulltime nannies can afford all the frivolous niceties regardless of the nanny, regardless of a second income.
But I could be wrong.
I gave up considerable financial rewards to stay home with my kids because they are/were the center of my universe and they were worth it. Plenty of time to teach them those things when they're older.
Because you CAN teach them when they are older, you don't think one should set an example for them now?
SUS
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