House Keeper
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Sounds like you hired a fulltime one, yes that is out of the ordinary in the States, especially for a one child house. It is also out of the ordinary to home school, sure plenty of people do it, but it is out of the ordinary. What I find the most out of the ordinary is that you would home school your child, then hire a nanny to teach her? That being said, on the block I live there is one Asian nanny per house (I see them walking the white children like dogwalkers do), one housewife with 2+ children (I see Mrs. Trophy going to and from appointments in their Range Rover), and one male bread winner that is out of town on business 50% of the time (I see the limos every day). So depending on where you live, maybe it is quite ordinary.
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson
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wizardzz wrote:
I see them walking the white children like dogwalkers do
Do they put muzzles on the loud or snippy ones? Do they carry plastic bags to pick up their "business"?
Don't blame me. I voted for Chuck Norris.
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A cow-orker has a Kurdish wife. They shipped one of her relatives over to act as a Nanny/house keeper. He installed nanny cams behind book cases disguised as clocks and such and has a window open on his work computer so he can "make sure every think is all right". :~
kmg365 wrote:
A cow-orker has a Kurdish wife.
Is that kid sister safe?
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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It was full of that, but so is adult life. You can't exactly homeschool your job. You can work from home, or start your own business, but even then, you will be in contact with dolts. Personally, I was a troublemaker and loved it. Got it out of my system early, and still got a college scholarship.
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson
Yes but now I'm in the position to avoid them, at a cost sure but at least it's possible. I'm also not locked up with them in a prison where I'm tortured with an endless but far too slow and often inaccurate flow of information that is only occasionally interrupted by a spine-thinker wanting to ask a question that makes QA look good.
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Wouldn't be surprised, but I do see harnesses and leashes
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson
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It was full of that, but so is adult life. You can't exactly homeschool your job. You can work from home, or start your own business, but even then, you will be in contact with dolts. Personally, I was a troublemaker and loved it. Got it out of my system early, and still got a college scholarship.
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson
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I've seen those in the mall. They annoy me.... probably more than they should.
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:sigh: They make it so hard to kidnap these days...
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson
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I understand that point of view. I've already made my choice. However, it is beneficial to weigh the opinions of other people and/or peers.
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As a parent of 4 (and guardian of 1) you need to do what suits you best, not what others think you should do (mostly becuase the ones with the loudest opinions are usually wrong anyway). And it's really no one else's business what you do (provided it's legal! :-)) as long as you believe it to be of benefit to your family. Please stop worrying about what other people think and think for yourself!
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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So it wasn't insanely boring and filled with arrogant teachers who corrected you when you were right and they were wrong, and loads of kids lacking anything remotely resembling brains? Or were you just OK with that?
harold aptroot wrote:
So it wasn't insanely boring and filled with arrogant teachers who corrected you when you were right and they were wrong, and loads of kids lacking anything remotely resembling brains?
I feel your pain, mate. It was the same for me. I got lazy as hell just because of being over-underchallenged.
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So I recently hired a house keeper / nanny. I didn't think it was too odd myself. My wife works spiratic shifts, and I work 8-5 and have my training quite often. We hired someone to run errands, watch my daughter and help her with school work (she's home schooled) and keep up with house work we don't get to. Again, I didn't think this was odd at all. My sister and a couple of friends though, nearly spit out their drinks when they heard. I got the impression, mostly because they said as much, that this was very odd. After talking to them, I felt pretty strange about it. What do you people think? Is this out of the ordinary?
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I don't have kids yet, but this is something already spoke with my girlfriend. She is about to finish medicine and I am quite well payed. I will probably move with her when she get a place in a good hospital. A point I have in my list to speak with possible new companies is the flexible horary or even home-work. She is probably going to earn more than me very soon, so I don't mind staying at home and taking care of kids. On the other hand, if new job is good, has a nice atmosphere where I feel comfortable and I like it, then we will hire someone as well. As my father always tells: Money and nuts, to be used on demand So if paying someone to take care of some activities, you get more time to enjoy your family and increase the quality of your life... Why the hell should not be done?
Regards. -------- M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpfull answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I don't have kids yet, but this is something already spoke with my girlfriend. She is about to finish medicine and I am quite well payed. I will probably move with her when she get a place in a good hospital. A point I have in my list to speak with possible new companies is the flexible horary or even home-work. She is probably going to earn more than me very soon, so I don't mind staying at home and taking care of kids. On the other hand, if new job is good, has a nice atmosphere where I feel comfortable and I like it, then we will hire someone as well. As my father always tells: Money and nuts, to be used on demand So if paying someone to take care of some activities, you get more time to enjoy your family and increase the quality of your life... Why the hell should not be done?
Regards. -------- M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpfull answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
Nelek wrote:
As my father always tells: Money and nuts, to be used on demand
Brother! :-) (my dad used to say something similar!)
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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So I recently hired a house keeper / nanny. I didn't think it was too odd myself. My wife works spiratic shifts, and I work 8-5 and have my training quite often. We hired someone to run errands, watch my daughter and help her with school work (she's home schooled) and keep up with house work we don't get to. Again, I didn't think this was odd at all. My sister and a couple of friends though, nearly spit out their drinks when they heard. I got the impression, mostly because they said as much, that this was very odd. After talking to them, I felt pretty strange about it. What do you people think? Is this out of the ordinary?
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It depends on the culture of your country, in Oz like the US it would be unusual, in Singapore, like most affluent Asian countries this is normal and expected, 2 incomes and work commitments you get a maid, said maid does EVERYTHING around the house. I know of families with a maid for the dogs and another for the children. cultural thing.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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Nelek wrote:
As my father always tells: Money and nuts, to be used on demand
Brother! :-) (my dad used to say something similar!)
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
Hey bro :) Probably just the same as mine, the difference come for sure in my translation to english
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:doh: You spotty my spilling erur >,< One of the benefits of having the nanny is we spend less time driving back and forth to the sitter, and less time running errands. This means more family time and less stress for all of us.
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loctrice wrote:
:doh: You spotty my spilling erur >,<
Yes I spottyed, but only quote when spilling erur is funy. :-)
loctrice wrote:
One of the benefits of having the nanny is we spend less time driving back and forth to the sitter, and less time running errands. This means more family time and less stress for all of us.
Exactly what I meant when saying it was not common to me but not odd. :thumbsup:
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It depends on the culture of your country, in Oz like the US it would be unusual, in Singapore, like most affluent Asian countries this is normal and expected, 2 incomes and work commitments you get a maid, said maid does EVERYTHING around the house. I know of families with a maid for the dogs and another for the children. cultural thing.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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I don't have kids yet, but this is something already spoke with my girlfriend. She is about to finish medicine and I am quite well payed. I will probably move with her when she get a place in a good hospital. A point I have in my list to speak with possible new companies is the flexible horary or even home-work. She is probably going to earn more than me very soon, so I don't mind staying at home and taking care of kids. On the other hand, if new job is good, has a nice atmosphere where I feel comfortable and I like it, then we will hire someone as well. As my father always tells: Money and nuts, to be used on demand So if paying someone to take care of some activities, you get more time to enjoy your family and increase the quality of your life... Why the hell should not be done?
Regards. -------- M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpfull answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
Nelek wrote:
So if paying someone to take care of some activities, you get more time to enjoy your family and increase the quality of your life... Why the hell should not be done?
This was kinda my thought when we decided to do it. It was a close tossup between the nanny and private school though.
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As a parent of 4 (and guardian of 1) you need to do what suits you best, not what others think you should do (mostly becuase the ones with the loudest opinions are usually wrong anyway). And it's really no one else's business what you do (provided it's legal! :-)) as long as you believe it to be of benefit to your family. Please stop worrying about what other people think and think for yourself!
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
mark merrens wrote:
Please stop worrying about what other people think and think for yourself!
I do think for myself. Considering other peoples opinions, and getting other peoples ideas is in not the same. Some people who are actually important to me thought this was strange, so I wanted to get other peoples thoughts on it as well. I am not worried at all about what they think, and I know that this decision will not make or break my relationship with these people. They also didn't do a good job at explaining why they thought that way. It's more trying to understand their point of view than asking someone to think for me, or being worried about what they think.
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So I recently hired a house keeper / nanny. I didn't think it was too odd myself. My wife works spiratic shifts, and I work 8-5 and have my training quite often. We hired someone to run errands, watch my daughter and help her with school work (she's home schooled) and keep up with house work we don't get to. Again, I didn't think this was odd at all. My sister and a couple of friends though, nearly spit out their drinks when they heard. I got the impression, mostly because they said as much, that this was very odd. After talking to them, I felt pretty strange about it. What do you people think? Is this out of the ordinary?
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I would do the same if I could afford it. The only thing I find odd is the homeschooling. Considering that you can afford a nanny/house keeper, I have my doubts that you're living in an area where the public schools would be that bad that you need to home school. The social interaction and actually, the ability to deal with life in general (and induhviduals) is best tought in reality. But that's just an opinion, and I don't know about any of your other circumstances.
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So it wasn't insanely boring and filled with arrogant teachers who corrected you when you were right and they were wrong, and loads of kids lacking anything remotely resembling brains? Or were you just OK with that?
harold aptroot wrote:
loads of kids lacking anything remotely resembling brains?
Hey, if you want to discuss with him, keep it between you and him. There's no need to talk about *me* and my cronies. :-\
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