Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
> On 5/24/2018 12:25 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Thu, 24 May 2018 09:04:33 -0700 (PDT), "
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 10:37:32 AM UTC-5, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>>
>>>> some people are so time committed that they don't have time to plan
>>>> what you are talking about. I know several couples, they travel
>>>> almost constantly with work, have 2-3 kids, a dog, a nanny a
>>>> housekeeper and lawn care person. They moved here from the big city
>>>> to live a more relaxed life style. I can't imagine what their life
>>>> was like before. They claim they are living a slower pace now.
>>>> Janet US
>>>>
>>>>
>>> They have a housekeeper, a nanny, and a lawn care person and still
>>> can't put a meal on the table????
>>
>> they put meals on the table. They also attend soccer, swimming, PTA
>> and the kid things. But when one person is leaving or coming back
>> from the airport and the other is on the way out, it becomes difficult
>> to manage the shopping. To be fair, I never said they did all their
>> meals delivered. People our age can't really judge. These are not
>> employees with traditional 9 to 5 jobs that I am talking about, I'm
>> talking about running their own business or being director of a bunch
>> of people all across the US. The nanny takes the children to school,
>> picks them up and stays with them until the parents arrive home.
>> I believe you are thinking of the households in the old black and
>> white movies where these people live in.
>
> Not my job to be judgemental but I will be. If you have a lifestyle
> that requires your kids to be raised by the hired help, you should not
> have them. Do the have to have that kinds of a lifestyle? No, it is
> their choice. They are putting material things ahead of family.
>
>

If you substituted the word €œdaycare€� or €œbabysitter€� for nanny would it
skew your opinion differently? Most parents nowadays have some form of
childcare, especially during those short before and after school hours
while parents work 8-5. I think the word nanny conjures up an image of
live-in help while mommy gets her nails done and shops the mall, but that
isnt what having a nanny is all about these days. Its just a fancy word
for scheduled babysitter. The days of two parent/single breadwinner
households are long over. It has little to do with materialism.