Anonymous wrote:It's a generalization that fits many, many American women, but not all. It may be descriptive of most Baby Boomers, but nobody can agree on the years encompassing that era. The widest range stretches for birth dates between 1940 and 1965, and both my mother and grandmother, very distinct women, fit into that age range.
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There are families who value children, the future and education enough to sacrifice for their own children. There are families who don't value one or more of those, and they won't sacrifice anything for any child. There are individuals (not usually whole families) who value ALL children enough to sacrifice for ANY child. It's not up to anyone else to determine the type of sacrifice someone makes. It's not up to us to tell someone else to care for a child in their family.
My family did. My family would now, but it's not possible. There are other families in which the grandparents work harder to pay for someone more patient to care for their grandchildren, while the children's parents put away money for college and pay for all of the other expenses.
It's not up to us to decide. Frankly, it has no bearing on ethnicity or country of origin either.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is your MIL American or foreign-born? If she is American, count on her "crapping out" on you in about six weeks. Ask about new nanny's availability for that fourth day.
Wow! Aren’t you presumptous and racist.
Racist?! PP said American - millions of African Americans, Asian Americans, etc are American!!! Holy hell, PP, do you even know what the word "racist" means?!
Give her a break, PP. The idiot doesn't know the difference between race and nations. In her mind only white people are Americans. Probably a trump supporter...
Pp here. Did I trigger you, snowflake? Racist was the wrong word to use, but pp clearly shows her hatred for Americans by her presumptuous stately that if the MIL is American, she will bail. Btw, I’m not white and I’m not a trump supporter.
Calm down, PP. Stop parroting "snowflake" if you don't want to be called a trump-lover or Fox watcher.
And PP's generalization is spot on in my family! My American Boomer mom would not commit to childcare for a full day every single week while my foreign born MIL would love it. There is nothing wrong or "hating Americans" about it - it is generally true. Our American born mothers were the first "liberated women" - a generation of professionals mothers working outside the home.
I agree that it’s wrong to group all American MILs in the same category. My MIL is American and has reliably cared for my child’s since she was 3 months old.l, and she is now 2. Now all Americans are lazy and unreliable. Some things can be said about foreign people, but it’s ignorant and unneeded. I’m educated enough to know that you can’t group everyone together.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is your MIL American or foreign-born? If she is American, count on her "crapping out" on you in about six weeks. Ask about new nanny's availability for that fourth day.
Wow! Aren’t you presumptous and racist.
Racist?! PP said American - millions of African Americans, Asian Americans, etc are American!!! Holy hell, PP, do you even know what the word "racist" means?!
Give her a break, PP. The idiot doesn't know the difference between race and nations. In her mind only white people are Americans. Probably a trump supporter...
Pp here. Did I trigger you, snowflake? Racist was the wrong word to use, but pp clearly shows her hatred for Americans by her presumptuous stately that if the MIL is American, she will bail. Btw, I’m not white and I’m not a trump supporter.
Calm down, PP. Stop parroting "snowflake" if you don't want to be called a trump-lover or Fox watcher.
And PP's generalization is spot on in my family! My American Boomer mom would not commit to childcare for a full day every single week while my foreign born MIL would love it. There is nothing wrong or "hating Americans" about it - it is generally true. Our American born mothers were the first "liberated women" - a generation of professionals mothers working outside the home.