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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The phrase "kennel cough" could be funny in another context. For instance if two moms with kids in daycare were commiserating over the germs their kids bring home, that would be very funny.

The issue here is not that she used that term, it's that she made a point of comparing your childcare setups and went out of her way to point out why hers is "better" than yours. That's obnoxious. It would have been easy to just say something sympathetic about your kid's cough without making the claim about how her child avoids such things thanks to her nanny's diligence.

If this is the only time she did the comparison thing, I would forget about it. But I have ended friendships with other moms who talk this way all the time (constantly comparing our kid's developmental stages, childcare, schools, activities, etc. -- it gets very old very fast).

It's not about "kennel cough" it's about the drawing the unnecessary, and only flattering to her, comparison.[/quote]

The thing is when you send your child to daycare you have zero control over who actually watches your child.  If my nanny was on her phone all day I’d simply fire her, because I have that option.  Daycare parents do not. [/quote]

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