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Why do "you" even care if I ......
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Wed, 02-25-2009 - 11:10pm

(You general you) am even going back to work after my toddler goes to school?


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Registered: 02-22-2007
Mon, 03-23-2009 - 2:25pm

>> And the above statement is also not conducive to ALL WOH parents ... it's your experience, doesn't make it everyone's experience. Many ppl I know work in the city. The average time away from home is 7-6 or 7 at at night. That's more then 40 hours. There's dinner, baths, homework, housework and whatever else. So again, your scenario of working parent doesn't apply to everyone. <<

But yours doesn't either. My commute is very short and I have a very flexible schedule. I take my kids to school in the morning by 8:30 on my way to work and I am able to pick them up/be home by 5:30 or 6:00 pm. If I can't, then my DH or my ex usually can.

This might not be the norm, but it stands in pretty strong contrast to your suggested scenario.

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Why hide your light under a bushel of bears, I ask you?
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Registered: 02-22-2007
Mon, 03-23-2009 - 2:26pm
Now who's playing with semantics??!

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Registered: 02-22-2007
Mon, 03-23-2009 - 2:28pm
You're killing me. I only WISH someone had told me how MUCH of parenting was actually organizing and management!

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Registered: 07-17-2007
Mon, 03-23-2009 - 2:28pm
That is very interesting.
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Registered: 06-27-1998
Mon, 03-23-2009 - 2:34pm

I know, I know.....it took me awhile to realize that I didn't have to do every single thing for my children, that they actually benefited from others doing things for them.....I was a wee bit controlling in the first months of motherhood, lol.


PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 02-22-2007
Mon, 03-23-2009 - 2:46pm

>> For me, however, it's more then just delegating when it comes to child. <<

Come on - you can't tell me that you don't delegate anything. I'll freely and proudly tell you to whom I delegate tasks when it comes to my kids. I don't know how to give their teeth a cleaning or fill cavities, so I happily allow their dentist to do that. I don't know how to teach ODS to play a musical instrument, so I happily pay his music instructor for that service. I certainly don't have the capacity to set up a soccer league, so I've enrolled YDS in the local league. I don't personally own or run a summer camp in the woods, but the directors of the camp they go to does. I cannot home school my children, so I trust the schools in which I've enrolled them to educate them in academic subjects. I have no interest in skiing, but the father of one of ODS friends loves it, so I am very VERY glad that he takes ODS along when he takes his own son skiing. Their doctor oversees their health care. I buy their clothes at the store because I don't have the time nor sewing talent to make their clothes.

You see where I'm going with this.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 02-22-2007
Mon, 03-23-2009 - 2:48pm

And your (generic) job, as a parent who needs day care, is to pick a GOOD provider with whom you are comfortable.

If you pick a bad one, then that's on you.

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Why hide your light under a bushel of bears, I ask you?
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Registered: 02-22-2007
Mon, 03-23-2009 - 2:49pm
You must have a very short memory.

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Why hide your light under a bushel of bears, I ask you?
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Registered: 12-31-2008
Mon, 03-23-2009 - 2:53pm
Well, I tried. Remember, I can say what I want. I am really trying to meet you half way, but it's clear, that's not happening.
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Registered: 02-22-2007
Mon, 03-23-2009 - 2:58pm

>> Oh, I don't even know how this is possible. <<

It's very possible if you take the time to find a GOOD dcp.

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