I need to stay out of the nanny and daycare forums

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wouldn't it make more sense to first find childcare that you love, and then think about an office job. That's why so many parents settle for questionable/risky childcare situations.

Do you live in the USA? If so, have you been following the news for the past year? I have an announcement for you that might come as a shock, but our economy is in the shitter right now, and it can take someone as long as a year to find work in this economy. By the time you find childcare you "love" you will loose your place if you "wait" to find an office job. If the OP is going back to work, would you not presume she already has a job in place?

People get involved in risky childcare situations for 3 reasons, neither of which include finding an office job (and what does an office have to do this this anyways? All kinds of poeple work in places other than offices) before daycare is secured:

1. They have no money and can only afford sub-par childcare.
2. They are immature and unfit parents who only want to save a buck and sign up for the cheapest thing possible without regard to safety and standards.
3. They get fooled and tricked into thinking that a daycare is good when in fact it is terrible.

Most parents have always done the process backwards, it did not just start last year.
Which reason was yours? Did you get fooled and tricked, or was it reason 1 or 2?

None of the above, I don't work, but unlike YOU don't feel the need to subtly put down working mothers. Get it?

I have yet to meet a mom who doesn't work. Have you? And if she's parenting fulltime, she's most likely working much harder than the rest of us.

[Anonymous]

I'm a nanny that forum makes us seem like a bunch of nutbags and morons. The other nannies I know are not anything like that. I've not had the occasion to meet any parents as bad as they are described on that forum either.

For every one informative and constructive thread, there are at least five more that are total BS.

You do whatever is right for your family. I'm sure you will find the right answer,

[Anonymous]

OP, what exactly is the problem? Are you having a hard time deciding nanny vs. daycare? Or are you concerned because you don't have anything lined up at this point?

[Anonymous]

OP You'll find daycare or a nanny. Per persistent with daycare centers. Eventually you get in some where. Nanny shares are a good option too. Don't worry, it will work out.