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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really don't understand this unless you are going to homeschool.

My kids are gone at 7am, school all day, after school activities and home at 6 or 7 or 8. They have maybe an hour before they are doing homework.

A child having a mental health breakdown is not a teen-ternity that is sick leave or time off for medical reasons.[/quote]

I have one in high school, one middle school, and one in elementary.  The two teens are extremely labor intensive.  They have an academic program outside of their home school I have to drive them to in the middle of the day.  They finish regular school at 2:15.  Their activities and sports aren’t at school. I have to pick them up (separately) and do various drop offs and pick ups between the three of them through the afternoon and evening, every single day. I try to have dinner mostly done before I leave for pickup. I have to bring them something to eat for immediately after school in the car, plus whatever sports gear they need. Then there is the homework; sometimes helping with homework, sometimes just following up to make sure it got done. Then at night they want a second dinner late and like me to stay up with them and chat while they eat and then again while they get ready for bed.  It’s a lot.  [/quote]

None of that specifically requires a parent though, vs a nanny. I don’t care that you choose to do it, but it’s no different than the parents saying anyone can care for a baby/toddler. [/quote]

Not at all.  A nanny or random person from care.com has zero interest in your kid or their development and well being. They are not at all invested.  They are just driving and collecting cash.  [/quote]

I’m the pp and a long time SAHM. I’m simply pointing out that the argument that teens need you more than toddlers is incorrect and silly. They all need you. Plenty of people hire it out. But there is no “better” time to SAHM. When moms quit with teens (after working when the kids were babies) that just tells me they were too scared to SAH when it was physically demanding and only want to do it now when they can have the whole school day off. It’s like the bird mom coming back at the end of Horton Hatches an Egg. [/quote]

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