Aftercare is cruel to kindergarteners

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Poor trolling-what elementary school is out at 2:30?

I SAHM and my dc play with kids in SACC on the playground after school. They always complain bitterly when we have to leave and their friends get to stay and play. I haven't seen any depressed-looking SACC kids; they all look like they are having a great time to me.

Yeah, our elementary school gets out at 3:55. The answer is that some days, some kids would rather go home and some children with SAHMs or SAHPs would rather stay in aftercare.

[Anonymous]

Ok ladies. I'm sure that OP has left the building. She came, she trolled, and she left. It's such a nice day outside...please move along.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP won't be happy unless people live in boxes, wear hand me downs, walk or drive clunkers, don't have any extras like cable, Internet, cell, etc THEN we will really be knowing what our priorities are, right? Stupid bitch.

Pretty much sums it up.

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Anonymous wrote:Some of us don't have a choice, asswipe! We have to work to put food on the table.

Name-calling is so tacky.

But really: What do you drive? What kind of home do you live in? What kind of neighborhood? What extras could you trim back on? Yeah, it's an inconvenient truth but you could do it.

I don't want to stay home with my children. I'm a cancer surgeon.

Wow! So, just want to pass on your DNA, then? At least you're honest. Sad, but honest.

You're pathetic. I agree with the other PPs - it's best for someone like you to stay out of the workforce.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This has been covered before. Some folks have to work full time and don't really have a choice. .

Sure they do. Downsize, downsize, downsize. You don't need to live in a 3,000 sq ft place, hire help for cleaning and yardwork, wear the best clothes, have an iPhone5, drive an SUV with only one or two kids, use coupons and shop the specials. Cook more, go out to eat once a month or less.

It can easily be done, even in this area. But people here are too set on keeping up their extravagant lifestyles.

Priorities.

I agree, most people DO have a choice.

I actually don't have a choice - I am raising my daughter alone. I am hoping at some point that I can cut back my hours - and that is only possible because I am super frugal. But at this particular moment - I have to work full-time so that we can survive. That said and I'm very lucky because my commute is only four miles. So DD will only be in aftercare a short time each day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok ladies. I'm sure that OP has left the building. She came, she trolled, and she left. It's such a nice day outside...please move along.

Yeah, I agree. Come on, ladies, she's not worth our time or our energy. Back to work, everyone. It's been fun, though!

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Anonymous wrote:Some of us don't have a choice, asswipe! We have to work to put food on the table.

Name-calling is so tacky.

But really: What do you drive? What kind of home do you live in? What kind of neighborhood? What extras could you trim back on? Yeah, it's an inconvenient truth but you could do it.

I don't want to stay home with my children. I'm a cancer surgeon. I think I contribute more to society by being a mom AND a worker than by being a mom alone. I understand if that's not your situation, OP.

WOOT! You go, cancer surgeon!

Right- getting all uppity because she can save lives and what not. She needs to be homeschooling.

You need to be contributing something positive to society. Reproducing doesn't make you special.

Bitch please- I help keep your country safe.... Troll Away!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Clearly OP is insecure about her choice to stay home

I'll bet that she quit work years ago, and now bored silly staying home. Then the kids came home and asked if they could go to after care because all their friends are there and the playgrounds are filled only with babies an preschoolers (and we all know this is true, I go there often with my 5 year old at 4 pm)

And of course because she quit and downsized, well there isn't any money to pay for aftercare... Ain't that the rub

God forbid your husband gets furloughed or lad off from Biglaw or decides he wants a partner not a trollish housekeeper for a wife.

I don't think this is the case. Instead of wasting time in after care, her kids can take lessons, join sports teams, practice music, or just be at home.

I know this will shock you, but because I have friends to help me out, my kids take music lessons and do sports practice while I work. My friends carpool and include my children. What a concept. The days the kids don't have activities, they are in afterschool care about 90 minutes a day.

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Anonymous wrote:This has been covered before. Some folks have to work full time and don't really have a choice. .

Sure they do. Downsize, downsize, downsize. You don't need to live in a 3,000 sq ft place, hire help for cleaning and yardwork, wear the best clothes, have an iPhone5, drive an SUV with only one or two kids, use coupons and shop the specials. Cook more, go out to eat once a month or less.

It can easily be done, even in this area. But people here are too set on keeping up their extravagant lifestyles.

Priorities.

I agree, most people DO have a choice.

I actually don't have a choice - I am raising my daughter alone. I am hoping at some point that I can cut back my hours - and that is only possible because I am super frugal. But at this particular moment - I have to work full-time so that we can survive. That said and I'm very lucky because my commute is only four miles. So DD will only be in aftercare a short time each day.

And she will know that her mother loves her, trust me. Unlike OP who probably starts up shit like this because she secretly hates her life even though she so desperately wants us to believe how awesome it is.

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Anonymous wrote:Some of us don't have a choice, asswipe! We have to work to put food on the table.

Name-calling is so tacky.

But really: What do you drive? What kind of home do you live in? What kind of neighborhood? What extras could you trim back on? Yeah, it's an inconvenient truth but you could do it.

I don't want to stay home with my children. I'm a cancer surgeon. I think I contribute more to society by being a mom AND a worker than by being a mom alone. I understand if that's not your situation, OP.

WOOT! You go, cancer surgeon!

Right- getting all uppity because she can save lives and what not. She needs to be homeschooling.

You need to be contributing something positive to society. Reproducing doesn't make you special.

Bitch please- I help keep your country safe.... Troll Away!

Oh, so you somehow manage to "keep our country safe" while simultaneously homeschooling and trolling the internet? Do tell! Bitch, please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree it sucks. I could never do it. If i had no other choice, i imagine that, like some of the PPshere, i'd be convincing myself that my kids "LOVE aftercare" and that it's a "safe, loving, reliable" option, etc

Do you have a medical degree? or just an MRS?

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Anonymous wrote:Some of us don't have a choice, asswipe! We have to work to put food on the table.

Name-calling is so tacky.

But really: What do you drive? What kind of home do you live in? What kind of neighborhood? What extras could you trim back on? Yeah, it's an inconvenient truth but you could do it.

I don't want to stay home with my children. I'm a cancer surgeon. I think I contribute more to society by being a mom AND a worker than by being a mom alone. I understand if that's not your situation, OP.

WOOT! You go, cancer surgeon!

Right- getting all uppity because she can save lives and what not. She needs to be homeschooling.

You need to be contributing something positive to society. Reproducing doesn't make you special.

Bitch please- I help keep your country safe.... Troll Away!

Oh, so you somehow manage to "keep our country safe" while simultaneously homeschooling and trolling the internet? Do tell! Bitch, please.

Gosh, you are prob one of the little dippy pool moms I see sitting outside my DD's ballet class when I am waiting for her, with nothing to do but gossip about the other SAHMs and the TV shows you watched (RHWOsomewhere). You types drive me insane. I am sitting quietly with my book while you all make SAHMs look HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE. I do not want to be any of your friends.

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Anonymous wrote:Some of us don't have a choice, asswipe! We have to work to put food on the table.

Name-calling is so tacky.

But really: What do you drive? What kind of home do you live in? What kind of neighborhood? What extras could you trim back on? Yeah, it's an inconvenient truth but you could do it.

I don't want to stay home with my children. I'm a cancer surgeon. I think I contribute more to society by being a mom AND a worker than by being a mom alone. I understand if that's not your situation, OP.

WOOT! You go, cancer surgeon!

Right- getting all uppity because she can save lives and what not. She needs to be homeschooling.

You need to be contributing something positive to society. Reproducing doesn't make you special.

Bitch please- I help keep your country safe.... Troll Away!

Oh, so you somehow manage to "keep our country safe" while simultaneously homeschooling and trolling the internet? Do tell! Bitch, please.

Oops no- I am NOT OP. Even on an anonymous board I do NOT want to be confused with her. I thought she was commenting to me. I shall end my lunch now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This has been covered before. Some folks have to work full time and don't really have a choice. .

Sure they do. Downsize, downsize, downsize. You don't need to live in a 3,000 sq ft place, hire help for cleaning and yardwork, wear the best clothes, have an iPhone5, drive an SUV with only one or two kids, use coupons and shop the specials. Cook more, go out to eat once a month or less.

It can easily be done, even in this area. But people here are too set on keeping up their extravagant lifestyles.

Priorities.

I agree, most people DO have a choice.

I actually don't have a choice - I am raising my daughter alone. I am hoping at some point that I can cut back my hours - and that is only possible because I am super frugal. But at this particular moment - I have to work full-time so that we can survive. That said and I'm very lucky because my commute is only four miles. So DD will only be in aftercare a short time each day.

And she will know that her mother loves her, trust me. Unlike OP who probably starts up shit like this because she secretly hates her life even though she so desperately wants us to believe how awesome it is.

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[Anonymous]

My mom was a SAHM and now she says she regrets not sending me to aftercare a couple of days a week since that was where most of.my friends were and it would have been good for me to go.