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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A nanny's job is to care for the children. She shouldn't have to cook for the parents. The housekeeper is to clean and do laundry. You need a personal chef if you can't even cook, Bad enough you don't clean, don't take care of your kids and now you can't cook ??? I feel bad for your children, what do you do besides write checks ?[/quote]

I'm not OP, but we have a nanny, a housekeeper every two weeks, and our nanny is supposed to make dinner a couple of times a week.  What else do I do besides write checks?  I work, full time, to pay for our housing, food, clothing, health insurance, medical and therapy bills, and activities.  I stay in close communication with teachers to address my oldest child's special needs.  I help with homework and art projects and Valentines' day cards and play rehearsals and sports carpools.  I take them swimming and play basketball with them.  I wake up with them at night when they're sick, or had a bad dream, or can't sleep.  I talk with them about their worries and their hopes and their friendship concerns.

What don't I do?  As many loads of laundry or as much cleaning as I would without a nanny.  Or chopping as many vegetables or dumping as much into a crock pot.  Or picking up/dropping off from preschool.  But don't kid yourself that parenting occurs only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.  It's a whole lot more than that, and anyone who thinks parents do "nothing" by outsourcing tasks is just plain foolish.[/quote]

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