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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pp, you are obviously thoughtful and I believe we have faced many of the same challenges. By lifestyle changes, I mean things like eliminating the need for private school by moving. That adds up to about $70k per year for my two kids. In any event, I understand and respect your choices. But, I do think that I can do a better job at teaching my preschool aged kids given my education level and language ability. I doubt my former nanny from when my daughter was an infant would contradict that, as English was her second language and much less strong than her first. This is why many parents get educated caregivers for their kids. This does not apply to infants. You may change your mind about who best can care for your child once he or she is older, and I trust you will decide what is best at that point. You may not. Like you said, many kids succeed who have others care for them. All I am saying is that if you wanted to take care of your kid instead of working, you could probably do it quite well with some practice and effort. Again, I just want to stop hearing from people that they are not the right person for the job when they are obviously smart, capable and engaged parents. [/quote]

Oh, so your pre-school aged kids aren't in...preschool?

There are wonderful preschools out there that I think WOULD actually do a better job than I could.  You take issue with THAT?  I really don't think "with practice and effort" I could do the same job as a person with advanced degrees in childhood education or at least years of experience teaching.  Maybe I'm overestimating the education a child can get in preschool, but I'm pretty sure that the studies show that kids that go to preschool do better than kids who don't?  And assuming your kids are in pre-school, the few hours a day with you after pre-school isn't exactly crucial for their development.  The kids at my daycare that come after pre-school generally just play outside for a few hours!  They have a blast and it's good for them.  Honestly, they just play games all afternoon, it really doesn't take much to supervise them.  Certainly not a J.D. ;)

Anyway, as my child gets older, and starts going to elementary school and beyond I do hope that I'll be able to find some flexibility and be able to pick him up from school myself (at least a couple of days a week), etc.   A lot of parents are obviously making it work for them.  I'm honestly not trying to attack you, and I see the very limited point you're making, kind of, but you've said a whole lot of things beyond that, that really seem to imply much more.  If I'm misunderstanding you, I'm sorry.[/quote]

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