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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seriously, how did SAHM's keep the household and kids in good shape before the invention of the dishwasher, washing machine?  Kids simply didn't get undivided attention all day- because they don't need it. 
As a mom of 4- you can put baby in bouncy seat and let toddlers run around a couple rooms with baby gates, while I or nanny gets house stuff done.

There is no way I'm coming home from my strenuous 10 hour day at work to just spend the rest of the night doing laundry, cooking and running errands.  That is my nanny's job- and she's awesome and well paid.[/quote]

I am a nanny who handles all kid laundry, grocery shops and makes all their food from scratch, etc.  I do a lot more than most SAHMs today.  But let's cut the good old days crap, please.  The reality is that in the time you're describing before the 20th century, many many working class kids did not survive childhood.  Furthermore, the vast majority of parenting before the last 50 years included tactics that would be cause for CPS intervention today.  Kids were regularly beaten, locked up, starved and molested throughout most of human history.  So let's just talk about the facts of here and now, okay?  Here and now, we have a pretty good idea od what kids need to thrive--sufficient food, loving and responsive caregivers and a clean, safe environment.  Whether a nanny can meet those needs while adding other tasks depends on how demanding the baby is, how demanding the tasks are and how energetic, efficient and experienced the nanny is.[/quote]

No you don't, but please keep telling yourself that.  You don't take care of everything in the household you do the things for kids.  There is far more than just that.[/quote]

A) that was so not the point of that post

B) Again, I refer you to any SAHM thread on the main page where moms describe their job as exclusively caring for the children.  I am with my charges for all waking hours Monday-Friday, and in that time I manage all of their laundry, shop for the household and do dry cleaning runs weekly, make all of the kids' food 7 days per week from scratch and make some food for the parents (packing lunches, making extra of breakfast items like muffins and making dinner about once a week).  I stay on top of kids' outgrown clothing and order more diapers and supplies as needed and keep track of their appointments.  I keep all of the kids' toys organized and tidy and parent return home to clean, fed kids and a tidy house 5 nights per week.  The kids have 2 non-drop-off language classes each week and have outdoor time, an excursion and a planned sensory art or science project daily.  That is more than many SAHMs, though I am sure others accomplish as much in a given day.[/quote]

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