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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a single mom with a demanding career (banking) and one 1 year old. I have 24/7 household help including nights, weekends and most public holidays.

The women helping me are not raising or rearing my child - they are helping me parent. It is not necessary for me to be with him 24 hours a day in order to be called a parent. And besides, every minute I spend with my baby is positive quality time, I spend about 2 hours a day with him weekdays breastfeeding, playing, reading to him (I work from 730am to 6pm) 
On weekends I also take him to museums, the park, play dates etc so it's about 6 hours a day I spend with him on my rest. The rest of the time there is help as well.  I outsource most of the unpleasant tasks such as waking up nights or trying to get him to eat veggies and sometimes even changing nappies.

I love and enjoy being his parent and at the same time I am able to focus on work and also still have a social life. Having almost 24/7 nanny coverage enables this. I don't believe I have to be fatigued, frazzled and frustrated from being with my baby every minute I'm not at work  in order to qualify to be considered as raising my own child. As long as my child's emotional & physical needs are met - who are you to judge how?

OP you need to focus on your own life and stop being judgemental of other people's choices! Especially when you have no clue what their lives are really like. [/quote]
No dog in this fight but a one-year old gains nothing from museums. Or from playdates. He just wants to be with you. If you spent that time hanging out in his room, it would be just as fun for him. [/quote]

She doesn't know this. She just wants to push something around in a stroller for the requisite 6 hours a week, and then get on with her life.[/quote]

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