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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gosh people, whatever happened to "It takes a Village"?
Why are we abandoning the centuries old idea of community- woman helping woman, in favor of everyone on their own- good luck to you?

When my twins were babies, I had a few moms help out driving my older 2 to activities.  And now we drive their kids to activities (I pack 1 family of 4 kids in my minivan with my 2 older ones- love minivans)

Anyway, I got in 2 car accidents in 2 weeks due to severe sleep deprivation when my twins were 3 months old.  One- I turned right into a moving vehicle.  Neither of us could believe it- I apologized profusely.  Lucky, no one was hurt.  But simply, my eyes and brain were not working, and I did not see him at all.
I've never caused any other accidents in my 25+ years of driving.[/quote]

The whole "takes a village" idea works only if you have a system like that set up in place where everyone is close-knit and women's roles are limited to mothering eg. Hasidic Jewish communities. It doesn't sound like the OP is part of a system where people openly trade favors...her neighbor is just taking advantage. [/quote]

This.  [/quote]

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