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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While I don't think that most hs'ed children are gifted, I think the above statement is bunk. The young gifted students here don't have either of those options. And the older gifted don't have the option of expensive alternative/private schools. And I can name dozens of school districts with the same constraints.
I don't have an agenda on this subject
PumpkinAngel
You mean while also stating all the
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She apologized and explained her comments.
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Ehh, because I"m giving them the benefit of the doubt.
So you are totaling
PumpkinAngel
Do you think the mother you described in the OP showed financial restraint by only hiring one full time nanny and two part time nannies in training?"
Does it matter PNJ? Did I say she showed financial "restraint?" Hiring one 40 hour a week nanny and two part time when your income is what their is, is not financially irresponsible. Far from it.
But no, she doesnt show "restraint" as that would be not hiring any help.
"Do you think she's a good mother because she has opportunities to be away from her kids for 40 or 60 or more hours per week, but she's only gone for 15 hours?"
Again, did I say that?
I think she's a good mother, for the four hundredth time, based on what she told me about what she does with the kids, how she feels about her kids, and how she seems as a person (calm, smart, engaged).
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