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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, that is the problem.
You think young women are pregnancy accidents waiting to happen
In todays time, the men are involved in child care and do their share of picking up the kids, taking sick days to take care of the kids. Men give their kids breakfeast and children become more self sufficient and do their homework on their own.
There are mothers in the work place that travel

[b]My impression is that hiring you would be a problem[/b]. You might not adjust so easily to changes[/quote]

Sigh. How old are you, PP?

Ha ha ha, men are involved?? Ha ha ha, that's a good one.

All the dads I know who do child care, handle sick days, pick up kids from school, etc., are self-employed. They basically set their own hours, so have the flexibility to work at home when the kids are sick, shuttle them back and forth to school when needed. But men in full-time career jobs that I know DO NOT take time off from work to care for sick kids. A paid sitter does that, or a grandmother, or the MOM does it, in most cases.

I suspect that you are in your 30s, PP, and that you don't want any older women in your workplace. It would be a problem to have someone more experienced, more knowledgeable, more savvy about the world, with more perspective on working, with a broader view than you have, and probably, once brought up to speed, with better skills than you, PP.

It's you, PP, who can't adjust to changes. You are so short-sighted, you can't see how rigid you are. But as you mature, you may change. And then you'll be like the poster you disdain.

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What? Not the poster you are quoting but my husband is definitely not self-employed and still actually wants to be a dad and participate in our kids' lives. Not everyone works an 80 hour inflexible job. He does most sick days and doctor appointments, pick up and drop off, and he does the vast majority of cooking. He is the volunteer in preschool etc. I know a lot of families in this situation. We certainly don't feel like an exception. We both work, and we both had the kids together, so we made decisions very early on so that we could both parent them.

My oldest daughter prefers dad when she's sick, so he has spent a night up with her. My dad was the exact opposite of this and our relationship suffered because of it. I understand not everyone has this choice but we've worked really, really hard to have this set up.[/quote]

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