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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How old are your own kids?

I do not see the point of parenting AMAs with parents whose kids are not teens yet. Pride goes before a fall and all that. I have way too much experience with teens. [/quote]

I’m expecting questions about working in a childcare more than parenting I guess.  My kids are 5, 3 and 14 months.  Don’t expect any questions about parenting, isn’t this board full of them? [/quote]

Well, I just wouldn't take the answers super seriously, that's all.

I'm around a lot of teens. I can tell a lot about their families, but whether they went to daycare, had a nanny, SAHM, grandmother,.etc? It's irrelevant. When I do find out, it's often a surprise. Or it's some combination, or a few different things, or whatever.

I realize that at the age your kids are, this seems very immediate, of course. But as someone who has done a lot of childcare, and who is also around a lot of teens, I think DCUM obsesses overly much on infant childcare (and not nearly enough on teen care, but that's another story).[/quote]

I actually agree with you that there is a lot of value in paying close attention to your teens.  In fact, I did the reverse of most--I SAHM late in my kids' lives, they were teens when I (retired/took a buyout/whatever you want to call it).  I once, many years prior to kids, read an article written by a successful law partner talking about how she did the same once her kids were teens--her theory having been that as 3 yr olds they are happy to have anyone take them to the playground, but your 14 yr old is not going to discuss his/her life with just anyone.

I kind of agree at any rate.  [/quote]

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