When did parenting become throwing your child into the arms of a nanny?
I have potty trained toddlers. I have taught children their numbers and their ABC's. I have taken children to the zoo to see monkeys for the first time. I have bandaged scraped knees, I have soothed bruised egos, I have taught children how to swim. I have witnessed the transformation of a bumbling 1 year old to a jibber-jabbering curly-haired three year old. I have seen the obsession transition from pirates to legos to matchbox cars to science experiments to soccer. I have taught siblings that pulling hair, pushing, and calling your sister a "poo-poo face" is not appropriate. Who am I? I'm not the mother. I am the nanny.
Parents cannot have the best of both worlds. Dad cannot have a full-time/over-time fulfilling ladder-climbing career while Mom has a full-time/over-time fulfilling ladder-climbing career and still adequately pour into the lives of their children and give them the love that they deserve.
Not to mention the fact that many times when both parents work outside of the home, the cost of taxes and childcare eat away at the second additional income. The second income then becomes just about the individual's fulfillment and purpose rather than the money. I understand that, but staying at home and raising children is equally if not more fulfilling than working outside the home. I know that many will disagree, but would you rather the "hired help" witness your baby's first steps instead of you? Would you rather your child accidentally call the nanny "mommy" occasionally and forget who actually runs the household?
I wouldn't.
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