Would you stay at home with your kids? (1 Viewer)

[snakybus]

Let's hear your opines on this people

would you?

 

[aoboa]

Yes.

 

[billygannon]

Definitely.

 

[broken arm]

if i had them i would. my type of job allows me to work from home.

 

[Jill Hives]

If I ever plan on having any...I wouldn't have it any other way. One of the parents would need to at any rate.

 

[Squiggle]

Yes, I would.

 

[snakybus]

if i had them i would. my type of job allows me to work from home.

You can't work from home and mind kids at the same time, broken arm! It simply can't be done.

okay, maybe I should re-phrase - those of you who have kids (billy and aoboa) do you stay at home during the day and mind them? And if not, why not?

 

[Squiggle]

You can't work from home and mind kids at the same time, broken arm! It simply can't be done.

Oh dear! I know more than a few people who would take issue with that statement.

 

[snakybus]

Oh dear! I know more than a few people who would take issue with that statement.

they don't scare me with their college educations and their hobnail boots. elaborate

 

[broken arm]

You can't work from home and mind kids at the same time, broken arm! It simply can't be done.

I suppose, depending on the work. I have heard of people doing it.

can't you just put them into a little box under the stairs for the day.

 

[shitepipe]

code_ninjas kid stays home and minds him for the day

 

[Pantone247]

this is hilarious...

 

[Squiggle]

they don't scare me with their college educations and their hobnail boots. elaborate

Pretty much every woman in the country over 50. Our generation are shamefully lazy and selfish by comparison. My sister and her husband have 2 kids and my sister stays home, she has my mother mind the children for at least 4 hours a day so she can have some time for herself. My mother also does their laundry and they eat all their meals with my parents.

Mum also manages to maintain her own household, keep an amazing vegetable garden, make jam and preserves, make wine, bake, collect and cut firewood for both households and still find the occasional half hour to herself.

Most of us could do our full-time office job in a few hours a day. Pre-school children generally take naps during the day.

 

[Pantone247]

Our generation are shamefully lazy and selfish by comparison.

that is complete bullshit

 

[snakybus]

I suppose, depending on the work. I have heard of people doing it.

can't you just put them into a little box under the stairs for the day.

chloroform works too!

I can't imagine the job one could do, to be honest.

 

[broken arm]

I can't imagine the job one could do, to be honest.

i'm ninja-type ninja.

 

[snakybus]

Pretty much every woman in the country over 50. Our generation are shamefully lazy and selfish by comparison. My sister and her husband have 2 kids and my sister stays home, she has my mother mind the children for at least 4 hours a day so she can have some time for herself. My mother also does their laundry and they eat all their meals with my parents.

Mum also manages to maintain her own household, keep an amazing vegetable garden, make jam and preserves, make wine, bake, collect and cut firewood for both households and still find the occasional half hour to herself.

Most of us could do our full-time office job in a few hours a day. Pre-school children generally take naps during the day.

Okay, so does your sister have a job job? And if so, does she do it while minding babies? That's my point. It can't be done. She's very lucky to have your mother. But does your mother do all that stuff while minding babies, or is it while your sister or her husband - or you - is minding them?

Lots of people fall back on extended family, sure. That's not my point.

 

[Pantone247]

I can't imagine the job one could do, to be honest.

colouring in?

 

[snakybus]

Most of us could do our full-time office job in a few hours a day. Pre-school children generally take naps during the day.

children don't take eight-hour naps

no woman over 50 (or at least very, very few) has small kids. And when they were younger, and did have kids, they didn't work in jobs. They worked all right--minding kids--but not in jobs.

 

[Squiggle]

that is complete bullshit

You think? There may be a few exceptions, but a lot of the people I know with children treat them as accessories.

Okay, so does your sister have a job job? And if so, does she do it while minding babies? That's my point. It can't be done. She's very lucky to have your mother. But does your mother do all that stuff while minding babies, or is it while your sister or her husband - or you - is minding them?

Lots of people fall back on extended family, sure. That's not my point.

No, my sister doesn't have a job. And my mother does all that stuff while minding my sister's babies... and did it while minding 4 or her own with no help from anyone. It can be done. My mother did it as did most of my friends' parents.