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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most of the country does NOT  pay 20/hour for a  babysitter!  That is crazy.  DC area folks are so out of touch.[/quote]
yes, she's having trouble finding a reliable PT nanny, and if you need someone 5 days/week, that's a nanny, not a sitter.[/quote]

No, it's part-time, and requires no special skills.  It is a babysitter and in most parts of the country 10$/hr for a babysitter is acceptable.  Not in major metropolitan areas.

[b]By the way, the mom needing a babysitter should not have had a child if she cannot afford the child.  What are women thinking  when they do this??  That society will take care of the expenses for their kid?  This is what abortion and adoption are for.[/b] [/quote]

Ok I'm a fiscal conservative but you are missing a lot of nuance here (and being kind of a jerk).

Some moms start out able to afford a child, then lose their job (sometimes *because* of childcare obligations/lack of paid leave etc.)

Others are left by their significant other and become single.

Sometimes they are also caring for aging relatives.

Adoption is NOT for everyone; it seems like a fairy-tale ending (and I know many families it has worked wonderfully for) but it can be a fraught, emotionally traumatic process for both adoptive and birth parents not to mention the child.

Some people genuinely believe abortion is killing, and while I don't agree, we shouldn't force it on people as an option.

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