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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At my child’s private school, many families keep their nannies until middle school so that they can pick their children up from school at 3:00, drive them to sports/tutoring/ extracurricular activities and then bring them home and prep dinner by the time the parents get home from work. I don’t see what’s wrong with that. [/quote]

It makes sense but these are very wealthy families. [/quote]
I'm friends with a couple who are both Fed attorneys. They have 3 kids and have kept an au pair through middle school. They plan to leave the au pair program once the youngest can drive. They have a gap where all 3 kids will be in 3 different schools for a couple of years, so they need someone to be a driver and do some air traffic control at home. They are not a "wealthy family" in the sense of being wealthier than many of the federal employees posting here. [/quote]

That is a very wealthy family.  Three kids, three cars, an au pair, etc.  [/quote]
Not wealthy (and not 3 cars) but they did prioritize the care of their children over expensive vacations, cars, and other trivial things.[/quote]

Many of us don’t have the space for an au pair, can’t afford to pay 20k a year, or are simply uncomfortable having a stranger live in our house and pay them less than minimum wage. PP’s solution is to continue to have exploitative programs like the au pair program instead of pushing for better work life balance. It’s the American way. Exploit ppl who you can exploit.[/quote]
Then get off your high horse and find another job that is more conducive to the lifestyle you want to live. Stop complaining and contorting yourself to find reasons why suggestions people are making won't work for you. The empathy that many showed earlier has worn thin due to the narcissistic and entitled attitudes demonstrated time and again by feds complaining on this thread. [/quote]

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