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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I doubt anyone can do it all.  The people claiming that they do it all because their nanny is looking after their kids are only doing the work. They are not spending time with their children to the same degree a SAHM is.   So, no one is doing it all.   Plus, what is doing it ALL even means.  What are your priorities?

I am a highly educated  SAHM. I only have two kids who are NT and high achieving. I am not doing the work that a mom with ND kids is doing.  I am not juggling the needs of more than 2 kids.   We do not have pets. I am not looking after the needs of pets.  I am not providing elder care currently.

We live in an average neighborhood with average schools, but it is a nice, large SFH.  My kids go to [b]magnet public schools that are 45 minutes away and I drop them and pick them up every single day.[/b]  I spend 3 hours on the road, my kids spend 1.5 hours travelling. But I save the cost of private school and get an amazing education for my kids.  I pay for tutors for EC and acceleration for my kids, but I spend more to have them come home.  This costs more but saves my kids travel times.

I pay to get some of my domestic chores outsourced.  But, I am still managing this and my time goes in that.
 
We host pretty consistently and I do all the planning, entertainment, decorating and cooking elaborate meals for 30-50  people at times  -  but I pay for servers, cleaners, bartenders.

So, who is doing it ALL? No one.   My kids were raised by me  so I saved money on childcare and my kids got excellent care. BUT, I did not earn money for this.   Thankfully, my DH makes enough that we do not need my paycheck for their college and our retirement, but if he didn't then my not earning a paycheck would have cost my family and jeopardized my children's future. 
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SAHM's are not spending all their time with their kids and if they are why even.. that's more odd than spending a couple hours a day with them. It's so weird, your kid gets home from school at 3pm and you stay by their side... every single one of them from 3pm-9pm. That's weird.

[b]You homeschool?[/b][/quote]

Are you lacking reading comprehension?  No, I do not homeschool but my kids are enriched and accelerated in subjects and ECs that are not covered by the school.  I want them to have  succeed in college and career, so I spend time in making sure that opportunities are identified or created for them so that they have an edge,  :wink: 
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Do you lack intelligence.

I work and do the same.

One kid got a D1 scholarship to a T30 school and one plays piano and a few other instruments.

Guess what most kids on his team have 2 working parents, hard work is something you model.

Getting ahead is about who you know not what you know,

You’re an immigrant? From your writing it sounds like it [/quote]

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