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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Actually, the majority of homeschooling parents are college educated as per the HSLDA's most recent study.
Well, that's kinda what happens when you buy someplace without consideration for the school district lines, pay no attention to public notices of reconsideration of same and are so completely stupid you'd actually LEAVE your home on the market for 3 years. Can we all say "stale listing"?
if it doesn't sell, then you lower the price and look for other incentives, not the least of which is, consider renting the place, rather than selling. If they can't rent their home for more than the mortgage, after it's sat on the market for 3 years, they paid WAY too much money for the place in the first place.
PNJ has the right of it. You buy a place with a view to the investment and NOT because you like the land, the amenities and all the other drivel monicasometimes mentioned as reasons why they own the place they do. Those are grand but they are no reason to buy a home that's a bad investment (bordering on a bad school district if you don't plan to be uber-vigilant about redistricting). School systems are the number one indicator of home worth and appreciation; any decent real estate agent will tell you that. that makes it an important consideration whether you have children or not. Anyone without children, stupid enough to buy a home without considering the school situation, shouldn't be permitted to handle amounts of money greater than $20.
Karen
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Karen
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She does if she ever plans on selling the house. Quality of schools is the single most important determining factor in home sales *and* in home appreciations. This is true whether you have kids in the local school system or not.
anyone making the kind of financial investment that buying a home entails who does NOT consider the quality of local schools as the most important determining factor is a foolish, foolish investor.
Karen
" God: "Jeff did kind of steal that '39 Days, 39 Nights, One Survivor' thing from me, if you think about it.""
Miss Alli @ TelevisionWithoutPity, Survivor: Exile Island
Karen
"Veronica: "I hate fake deer too. Every time I see their stupid fake-deer faces I want to grab a shotgun and go all Cheney on 'em." Sure, but since fake deer don't talk, they won't
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