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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Truly experienced mothers would not stoop to this pettiness. [/quote]

I agree - truly experienced moms get that balancing kids and work is hard and we applaud those parents who are investing in reliable childcare so they can actually work. I’ve been burned at work by parents who are distracted trying to juggle kids and work for an extended period of time and don’t get that the solution is to invest in childcare.[/quote]

Ha- doesn’t get better back in the office.  I get burned by parents having to leave at 5pm on the dot to pick up their kids from daycare.  We often have meetings that go past that. They claim daycares close at 6 and kid has softball.  Seems like more nannies are needed.[/quote]

If the solution is “more nannies” then compensation for women needs to match that of men, salaries of millennials need to catch up with inflation, and realistic childcare tax breaks implemented. Oh and we probably need to support immigration so we can actually find and hire people who want to nanny. BTW part time nannies are EXTREMELY hard to find, and even harder if only a few hours a week.[/quote]

The solution is live closer to work. Whatever that looks like in your budget. Queue the balking in 3…2…1…[/quote]

Not balking, but that’s not always as realistic as you make it out to be.  Some people work in (gasp!) a different part of the metro area than their partner/spouse.  Others (gasp!) change jobs and can’t just pick up and move to a new house every time that happens.  Others (double gasp!) don’t want to raise their children in a 1-BR apt (which is pretty much all we could afford close to DH’s office).  I could go on, but surely you could also use your imagination.[/quote]

“Don’t want to.” Oh well.[/quote]

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