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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More confident?
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What does being beautiful have to do with the transition to public school?? Is that supposed to help her somehow? Do you think high school girls in their established cliques will suddenly befriend her because of her looks?
Or is it really important that she be popular with the boys??
I almost can't imagine a more myopic view about such an important and perhaps difficult transition in a teenager's life.
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I personally never experienced bullying, but did witness it in 7th grade in Catholic school.
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You seem to repeat the negatives of sex, drugs and bullying as some sort of defense mechanism whenever the debate turns toward the *benefits* of school socialization. You disagree, but that's how I see it.
I'm well aware that being among society has negatives. But your decision to keep your children out of the norm for so many years will be an obstacle as they enter public high school. Hopefully, your children will easily clear that obstacle. But it is an obstacle, and there's no way of predicting in Kindergarten how they will handle it.
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