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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you have twins on the same team? If not the practices and games are in different places. Really what do you care? Maybe the mom is taking care of her elderly parents or is sick herself. I should add I don't have a nanny but if I had the money I would use one so that my middle schoolers are not alone at home after school. By middle school there often isn't after school care available.[/quote]

OP here.  I do have twins, as a matter of fact, of the opposite sex who play on different sports teams.  When one has an away game and one has a home game, I go to the home game and tell the other twin I can't make it.  They know I can't be all places at the same time.  They ride the bus back with their teammates from away games, which they enjoy.  They would be disappointed to see a nanny at a game.  I chucked the nanny when they were 3 and put them in daycare once I realized the nannies congregate in the play parks and ignore the kids.  And, I have an elderly parent that I help care for by providing a caregiver and check in during the week and weekends. If you can afford a nanny, you should be able to afford a caregiver.  We pay extra for our kids to go to an after school program.  They had an after school program in the public school as well.  So, not sure where you live that after school programming is not available.[/quote]

OP, wow, you are a real crackpot.  Perhaps you were either a horrible employer or hired the wrong nanny.  We have not had a nanny in seven years and kids are elated whenever they get the chance to see her.  They would love to impress her with their athletic abilities and other talents.  Unfortunately, you seem to have sent the message to your kids that you are the only on worth their attention. I would die if my children disrespected anyone who cared for them.

While you have made a set of decisions, there are other folks who prefer to employer caregivers in order that the child come home after school to study, prep for next activity, or hang out with friends.[/quote]

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