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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Between work and kids I’m drowning at home and would like to hire someone 20 hours a week to cook meals and clean/keep the house tidy.

Any suggestions where I can look or post for this kind of role?  I haven’t had luck with care..com since the pandemic for other roles. [/quote]

Then you aren't trying as most women manage very well every damn day.  Stop whining and complaining and get organized like the rest of us![/quote]

If she can afford it, why not find the help she needs? I have a FT nanny that cleans our house and feeds the kids dinner since my kids are in FT school and she only has them 3.5 hours a day. We pay her 35 hours a week and she works 12-6:30 every day. [/quote]

That’s kind of sad that your kids have dinner with the nanny every day[/quote]

No it isn’t. This obsession with having meals together as a family is all American and really weird to me. I spend plenty of time with my kids (especially since I never have to clean the house or do other chores) where we can talk, play, snuggle, etc. My family does not need to have dinner together[/quote]

Imagine  me living in France, posting on a French board, that some French  tradition is just so French and really weird. [/quote]

That would be fine if someone criticized your life style saying that “it’s sad your kids never have dinner with you”. I was explaining that this obsession with having dinner together as a family as the holy grail for spending time with the family is not all that is thought to be. In other countries meal time is for eating (as it is for most American families I see… not much talking happening around little kids meals). I am very close to my parents and we did not have mandatory dinners together. 
Similarly, I am very close to my kids and husband, but we only eat dinner together 2-3 days a week. [/quote]

I’m pretty sure that sharing a meal together at the same time is universal. Tell me a country where it’s normal not to eat together. [/quote]

I am Italian and the only times I ate together with my family (and often extended family) was on weekends and on holidays. The sam applied to all my friends except for some of the ones that had a SAHM. I am not saying it never happens, but it isn’t something I cherish at all (nor do I feel mandatory in our lives)[/quote]

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