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[quote=Anonymous]I realized I'd built a village when I had several families offer to be our on call person for when I went into labor with DC3 and I didn't feel at all guilty taking them up on it because I knew I'd offer the same for them. And my kids knew them and I trusted them etc....and it'd be the same in return. I've since moved and its much more stressful not having that village. I can hire all the help in the world, but its the "I've got your back and you've got mine" that you can't hire for, whether its watching out for each other's children around the neighborhood, happily helping out in a pinch, being another trusted adult your kids can go to, or being the people that bring some joy into the day to day routine of kids[/quote]
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