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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In my experience and my area the two don't always go hand in hand.
PumpkinAngel
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Sex and drugs fall in the category of "social risk situation". Street smarts are the ability to assess and safely deal with social risk situations. If somebody doesn't have street smarts that does NOT mean they won't be exposed to sex and drug social risk situations. It means they won't recognize the warning signs that such a situation is about to take place. And they won't have the skills to get themselves out of it if they become unwittingly entangled.
Sex and drugs are an example of risk. Street smarts are a skill set for dealing with that risk. And they are a skill set that takes practice. Warnings and advice from parents are important but only part of the equation. The other part is practise. Practise in dealing with the less dangerous social risk situations that come up younger- such as avoiding the boy who wants to grope and just saying no to a puff on a cigarette snagged from some friend's mom's purse.
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