Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I definitely would not plan for my emergency fund to cover 6 months of full time childcare. Nannys are pretty easy to find and hire quickly. I'd budget for some cheaper part-time care to use during the job search, and count on friends/relatives/spouse to cover some of that too. Once I got a job 2 weeks would be long enough to find a nanny.
Is stability for your child not a priority? How exactly do you explain to them losing their nanny, being passed around from daycare to and friends and family, not knowing what to expect from one day to the next, not to mention mommy isn't going to work and she's really stressed. Then you're going to give yourself 2 weeks to find someone you trust with your kid, and expect the child to just form a brand new attachment? Solid plan
A lot of people don't really care about attachment or continuity for their kids, or even quality. As long as there is someone watching their kids, meeting basis needs of food, toileting and safety, doing what they are told to do - they don't really care who that person is. If it changes all the time - who cares. If their child has to keep adapting to a stranger - who cares. It helps the parents feel more important and attached themselves as they want to be the primary attachment so it is better to keep breaking the child's attachment with
other people, especially those that spend 50+ hours a week with their child as they perceive that as a threat.
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