Met a mom last week with 3 kids under 3
Find a Conversation
| 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

Pages
"I'm sure exceptions would have to be made for children like this."
Yes, I think kids like this require very special consideration. The only thing I worry about is the tendency to treat such a child as an amazing brain and forget that he is, first and foremost, physically, emotionally and socially a *child*. I'm not at all thinking that the particular family you know are doing this, but I have seen the tendency quite often enough that it worries me.
The best thing one can do in such a case, imo, is support his interests as much as possible while making sure that he has plenty of opportunity to learn how to function well socially with all kinds of people, especially kids his age who are not necessarily gifted.
Jennie
Gifted children tend to come from parents who are gifted. Why do you assume they have only a high school education?
A teaching license doesn't necessarily help when one is trying to educate a highly gifted child. The type of person who typically pursues a teaching license isn't necessarily the best choice of teacher for a highly gifted child. (Gifted children tend to be best taught by teachers/mentors who are themselves gifted.) Many homeschooling parents of highly gifted children let their children design their own educations; they just facilitate by helping find mentors and co-ops and providing resources, transportation, and other support. Some gifted children have such a drive to learn, there is no way that you could say that removing them from regular school wasn't helping them.
Pages