Met a mom last week with 3 kids under 3
Find a Conversation
| 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

Pages
I agree that Spanish is a very good choice and part of the reason we choose the elementary school that our sons attend, for the Spanish program from K.
PumpkinAngel
Jennie
if mgb is using her early childhood education liscense to defend her point, it's not a real strong one. that sort of liscense is what many families use to chose one f/t daycare over another daycare as many daycare providers are indeed degreed in early childhood as well.....after all, she is not a teacher in the sense of anything beyond just preschool.
i agree with jenn...it's all a matter of what you want to call it. nothing more, nothing less.
Unfortunately, our language program starts in 6th grade. I wish it started earler, to be honest; but I don't think my kids have suffered because of it. The earlier you learn it the more ingrained it is of course; but it doesn't mean you can't master it at a later age, which is obviously the bottom line.
My younger son (6th) is taking a sampler of languages this year (FR, GER, Spanish and Latin) so that he can choose the one he wants to focus on. This will probably carry into high school. He is just about to start Spanish and out of French, German, and Latin, so far he likes Latin. He will choose Latin or Spanish, both of which will provide good strong benefits to him.
That didn't answer
PumpkinAngel
i would have never let her skip a grade in school, her birthday is so late that she barely made the cutoff anyway and is already normally one of the youngest kids in her class. while i dont know that it would matter so much in the elementary years it certainly does once you get to middle/high school.
Jennie
Pages