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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you nuts? Why can't the 9th grader get paid by you to babysit occasionally? Why can't they all go to public school? Why are you making three different dinners every single night? That is INSANE. Completely, unequivocally insane.

We have a nanny who runs the kids around after school and preps/starts dinner and herds the kids through setting the table. We have twice a week cleaners. So we spot clean and load and unload the dishwasher, but that's it for cleaning. Our kids are at the same school. But they are close in age - you spaced your kids way out. [/quote]

We have three kids and they are all 24 months apart. It’s hard but it also seems like having a 14 year old and an 8 year old is hard. You are just in parent mode for a long time.

In terms of what you could do differently- get someone to at least do yard work and either pay your 9th grader to babysit or a babysitter to do an occasional date night. Other than that I wouldn’t change anything. Working with kids is hard and it sounds like you are choosing to spend on school and not additional childcare help. That’s your choice and it sounds like it’s well informed. [/quote]

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