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Do you know someone who farms their kid out more than normal people?
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Anonymous
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We know one or two parent sets that never seem to want to spend time with their kids. Their kids are in school full time, plus SACC (until late), plus nanny/ies. Whenever that time isn't taken, they are off on playdates somewhere. Does that seem sad to you? The parents don't work, FYI. It's not my business, just seems very sad. No, there is nothing else going on. |
Anonymous
| I guess you're just better than them, OP. |
Anonymous
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You know more than one family where neither parent is working? I guess you hang out with a big trust fund crowd, so I would say your experience is not that representative.
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Anonymous
| Their children must know, they are not stupid. It must make them feel terrible - like "why don't they want to spend time with me?", or "what's wrong with me?" |
Anonymous
uh yeah
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Anonymous
| Why/how can the kids be in SACC if the parents aren't working? |
Anonymous
| You know who else farmed his kids out more than normal people? That's right... |
Anonymous
| I used to nanny for a very wealthy family who had around the clock nannies 7 days a week. The kids never spent time alone with their parents. It was sad and weird. |
Anonymous
NP here. I don't know. Who? Also, I think this thread is made up. It's not possible to not work and have your kids in SACC. |
Anonymous
| Okay, what is SACC? |
Anonymous
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In the one family I know where the children are in round-the-clock-care, the mother has very advanced breast cancer and is undergoing massive chemo, and the father is doing everything possible to find a new job after being laid off almost six months ago and now is in danger of them losing their health insurance. I am sure it looks to the world like they have the easy life and as though they "farm their kids out," but those of us who know them well know the truth, and it's awful to watch. They adore their children, but this is their reality.
Maybe OP could try to judge a little less and just be thankful that he or she obviously is able to care for his or her child. |
Anonymous
| So why are the kids in round the clock care if their father is not working? How do they have the money for it? |
Anonymous
Ya-vol. |
Anonymous
| Oh Yeah. My SIL let her mom and her MIL RAISE her first born. Grandma watched the kid all week; MIL took the kid most of the weekend. Then I had a baby. Suddenly MIL who used to take baby EVERY weekend? Set a rule that she would only watch kids ONCE a month. Because she worried she'd be overwhelmed with two of us dumping our kids on her every weekend. I chose to be a more involved parent than that..... |
Anonymous
| There was a thread with almost this exact title a year or two ago. |