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[quote=Anonymous]So if you and your spouse both have fairly inflexible jobs, are you comfortable with:
- someone else (nanny / grandparent) - taking your kid to routine doctor and dental appts - we've let the nanny take the kids to get vaccines and teeth cleanings, but not dental exams or dr visits
- your kid not always having someone at every school performance - yeah that's fine. a play where you have two lines? Sorry! 
- you kid having someone else help them get ready for school or eat dinner with them on a routine basis (not everyday night but not like once a month either) - our nanny does morning stuff like clothes, hair, lunch prep - I make breakfast smoothies though. So if the kids want that, I've made it, but if they want something else the nanny does it.

What are things you feel must be done by a parent (if anything in particular) versus a more flexible generally being there for them and spending enough time with them without rigid rules around what’s ok.  Parent/teacher conferences, end of season recitals/plays, big games (like a championship - not the normal Saturday game). But the kids also know - we may get there late and stand in the back, we may leave early, etc. DH was once in the middle of a closing and was on the phone through an entire dance recital watching through a window so he didn't fully miss it. [/quote]

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