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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]EXACTLY.  I moaned about being bored in HS, too.  But I didn't start doing drugs.  My mom made me get a job.  Or help around the house, or go to a movie or roller skating or something.  I didn't live anywhere close to a place that had as many options as DC.  Our only alternative was to go drink in a field somewhere.   But my parents actually parented me and made sure I had responsibilities and I had to check in with them and they would check up on me, etc.[/quote]

THIS!!!  [b]By HS, they've released their au pairs, but never figured out for to parent for themselves.[/b]  Also, the kids have grown up watching their parents party all weekend and are just following suit.[/quote]

Yep.  I stopped sending my late elementary schooler over to a house where it's basically just the nanny.  I rarely ever see the parents.  All communications are through the nanny.  I stopped feeling comfortable.

As those kids have gotten older, they also learned how to pull fast ones on the nanny.  One fakes sick constantly to get out of tests and school work.  It's the nanny's job to get them when they call.  A present parent would start questioning it because it's the talk of the entire grade--including all of the 'lost' homework.  It's on a downward trajectory.  The parents don't now half of what they are up to, but swoop in with $ to fix any problem that arises.  They are 'very important people'---just like the rest of us that work but still manage to parent.

Sadly, this is similar to a large population of APS kids---nanny culture until they outgrow the nannies/au pairs---then left on their own.  The nannies were a poor substitute because when you are paid to keep the kid's happy and not complain so you don't lose your job--they get away with a lot of sh*t.[/quote]

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