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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And people are Surprised that others are jealous of stay at home parents.

All of this sounds like hell.[/quote]

It's what families must do in order for a woman to be self actualized and not just responsible for cooking, cleaning and minding the children.[/quote]

So the people that you pay to cook for you, clean for you, and mind your children are not self-actualited and never can be? Got it.[/quote]

Exactly.

It's disgusting how some of you think about your help(yeah, yeah yeah you didn't mean it that way, bla bla bla). And I am saying this as a mom who has been both a SAHM and a working mom.

Why can't you just say "we prefer it this way" instead of coming up with some pathetic "self actualization"  bullshit.

Someone has to clean and take care of the kids. It's okay to admit you enjoying working out of the home more or making more money. End there. No need for all the other bullshit reasons.[/quote]

Our nanny is amazing. She has raised a great family of her own and we are so grateful she is part of our family and helping us raise ours. But beyond being a nanny which requires experience with children, endless patience and energy, and kindness, she does not have skills the labor force recognizes since she doesn't have a college degree, any computer skills or desire to work in an office, and English is very much a second language. We pay her well, she has a short commute to our house, and about 8 weeks paid time off between our PTO and time grandparents take the kids, etc.

So she has it much better working as a nanny than a low paid hourly worker. We paid her full salary when she took four weeks to return to her home country last year or when she is not feeling well and needs a day off. We clearly DO value her work clearly much more than the labor force.[/quote]

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