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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Then that is really NOT what I am saying.
PumpkinAngel
Jennie
Jennie
Jennie
Low blow and totally uncalled for.
PumpkinAngel
Jennie
Your post highlights why I find this "whole homeschooling is good, public schooling is evil debate" so difficult to understand. When I was in school, the peer pressure I was exposed to was nothing but positive: my friends, classmates and I competed for good grades! You were a loser if you didn't study, do your homework or repeatedly volunteered the wrong answer in class.
It's like sibling rivalry ~ it can be a positive. Socialization can be a great motivator. The bad influences ruin those students who were probably having problems completely unrelated to school. The average student with an average social life and ordinary home life will ignore bad influences and may even become a band-nerd, sports-enthusiast or good student. And with effective zero tolerance policies and plenty of resources/activities, the average student these days is encouraged to do well, not fail or succumb to the few bad influences they are infrequently exposed to.
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