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[quote=Anonymous]You don't get it because you don't get it, but endless kid stuff and gifts really do put a burden on parents, especially mothers. Something tells me it's HER, and not your brother, who does the active and constant work of donating, returning, de-cluttering, correct-sizing, etc., etc. You also don't get it because you don't get it, but your valuable and skilled and wonderful experience as a child care provider is not equal to the lived, constant experience of parenting. You're not as all-consumed, exhausted, and overwhelmed as she might be sometimes. You can pick up your identity at the end of your shift; she has literally become a different person because she is a parent. So your little "gems" of wisdom and stuff...it's just annoying. She knows how to parent. She is a parent. It's great that you might have more energy or fresher ideas, but it's annoying. [/quote]
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