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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<> What kind of social skills do kids who attend public school have that homeschoolers don't?
You have made some incorrect, insulting generalizations about homeschooling. Each post you make on the subject demonstrates how little you know about the subject. Homeschoolers don't "only" associate with a few homeschoolers. My children associate with many children in the course of their week and they aren't all homeschooled. Homeschooling is too sheltering in your book, fine but don't try to judge what is best for families you have no idea or knowledge about. Some of the "socialzation" offered by PS we can live without.
Then we are both misunderstanding each other. I'm discussing the socialization of homeschool versus public school.
I am well-aware of the evils of the below-average public school. My parents paid for private school because our public school was below average, basically a racially divided high school with bullying, though no physical fights that I heard of.
Even though I never attended public school, I'm very much aware times have changed. There are *effective* zero tolerance policies for drugs, fighting, weapons, bullying, etc. Sex education is finally being taught in a meaningful way.
Even though I didn't use public schools, I was open to the changes and improvements when we enrolled my DD. I don't see that in your posts as everytime we all have this debate, you always throw out there that you don't want your children exposed to sex, drugs and bullying. IMO that exposure is less than irrelevant compared to the benefits of socialization in public school.
How do you ensure your children get adequate socialization?
Jennie
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Jennie
I'm not sure what you mean by "free socialization." Just by virtue of being in class everyday, children are being socialized.
<> If gifted in ALL areas, the average school would allow him to skip. The inferior school would not. But then he would look to private schools. No one is advocating a "double" school day, just additional tutelage in certain areas if warranted.
My understanding though is that even the gifted child is not gifted in all areas but instead needs regular-level instruction in some areas.
<> True. But this is such a rare, rare problem. Even Mia Farrow's son simply enrolled in college and did just fine socially.
Don't you think it is extremely rare that the only solution will be homeschooling?
Jennie
of course there are no guarantees, but decision making is skill that is learned, thru practice not thru lecture
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