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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Two working parents who have a bunch of kids despite inflexible work schedules are stupid and selfish. One spouse needs to get a flexible job or stay home, and the other needs to get a better paying job if they want to have a bunch of kids.

Most of us limit the number of kids we have and balance our work schedules so we can enjoy quality time with our families, not pick up the slack for over-breeders who gotta be at the office 8-6.[/quote]

+1, they are explicitly using OP to address the childcare pinch of having 3 kids. But having 3 kids is a privilege, not a special hardship. This is a problem they need to figure out themselves. They already have lot of help (live in grandma on nanny duty).

I would feel differently about a family with an unforeseen hardship (parent with long-term illness, elder care issue, etc.). But the problem here is just that they didn't sufficiently consider how morning school runs would work with an elementary kid, toddler, and infant. Well, time to figure it out.[/quote]

This. We have a friend like this who has three way over scheduled kids and a DH who doesn't help because he has a high paying job. Rather than convert the money to childcare, she imposes on us and other friends with stuff like dropping her kid off at the persons house an hour before the activity starts because it is more convenient for her and then the person keeping the kid after until she is home. One time she showed up an hour late with a trunk full of groceries. What she needs is a babysitter but why get one when she has people for free?

People like this are takers. Set a boundary now OP![/quote]

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