Met a mom last week with 3 kids under 3
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| Sat, 03-25-2006 - 9:59am |
A 2 year old and 17 month old twins. First she accomplished *that* through two surrogates! Wonderful what modern medicine can do.
Anyway, she doesnt work full time, she consults to several companies so is out of the home one full day then a few hours a day on other days. Sometimes for work, sometimes to go to the gym, etc.
She has a full time live in nanny, and two part time nannies. Essentially they always have someone with them and the kids. She feels she needs two to properly care for her three.
I immediately thought of all the comments her lifestyle would elicit from this board.
The day she and I met she had just come from a 2 hour session at the gym, and was then heading off to go do some shopping.
BTW, she's a complete rock star in industry, having 'retired' a year ago after a 30 year career that took her right up to the top of corporate America so she's definetly *earned* her right to do whatever the heck she wants.
But anyway, she feels she is a super hands on mom. I was curious what others would think?
MM

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it depends on how *you* define wrong crowd, don't you think?
to me, the wrong crowd are the impolite kids on the playground, the snorters at the gas station, the supermarket robbers...if it is this (to you too), then there is some terrible dysfunction going on out home that these kids have not learned to separate from and deal with hence her point. kwim?
I totally agree.
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You are calling her lifestyle quite a few names and you are likely right, it's not high school, but perhaps more junior high school?
PumpkinAngel
There's some terrible dysfunction going on at home if a kid hangs out with kids that are impolite on the playground?
You're putting impolite kids at the playground in the same group as supermarket robbers?!?
:::backing away slowly::: alrighty then.....
Karen
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see, i think that is very cool, personally i do not know that many families who are that different than we are, so school is a great place for my kids to meet and learn about new and different people and ideas. but i will admit that is a shortcoming of mine.
i agree that choices are great and eveyone should do what works for them. for me i want my kids to have roots, to have a place that they call home, probably because that is what i had growing up and i know how much it meant and still means to me.
you say the kids range in age from 3-9, so for the 3-5 year old group are those kids being considered homeschooled, because if they are then i guess i also homeschool my almost 3 year old - i am teaching him his numbers, colors, shapes and about the world around him. i dont really consider it homeschooling but maybe it is.
thanks for sharing your information.
Jennie
Jennie
I totally agree.
Are the planets aligned or something?
PumpkinAngel
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