Should I feel bad?

[Rob_s_Wife]

You got an education and chose a profession that you did. Do maids choose this after an education?

Or are they making the best of a bad situation even if they end up in spite of it being “successful”?

Because you knew you would be able to be held respectable in the medical realm.

It would appear you have a lowly opinion of SAH parents everywhere. Toilets need cleaned. There’s nothing lowly about doing a job well that other’s can’t or won’t do. In fact, it’s a mighty fine way to make a decent amount of money.

How many people are there who would expect a housecleaner to come at 6 am and on a Sunday? How many housecleaners would suggest that they would be available at that hour?

Quite a few actually. Many people don’t like them in the house alone and this way they are done before the family set out for the day. Also, maid services often work for small businesses which makes weekends, early and late times prime cleaning times.

 

[Sandi]

Does anyone else think that a 13-year-old is too young to be babysitting other people’s children? That’s a tremendous responsibility.

And WHY would you pressure him into doing it if it were 9 am instead of 6 am? The kid has the right to say “no”; if YOU feel YOU should be of service to your neighbors, fine; but a 13-year-old boy who’s a student and involved in all kinds of other activities needs his rest.

You should be looking out for ***his ***best interests, not your neighbors’.

 

[Rob_s_Wife]

Does anyone else think that a 13-year-old is too young to be babysitting other people’s children? That’s a tremendous responsibility.

No. I think it depends on the 13 yr old and the dc being sat for. I did it. Most people my age did it. I have no idea why an entire generation of young people are presumed to be less capable and less mature than previous generations and don’t know that it’s a thing to encourage either. In fact, I don’t even think it’s true. They are capable of it, they just never have it expected of them and are stunted in growing in this area.

And WHY would you pressure him into doing it if it were 9 am instead of 6 am? The kid has the right to say “no”; if YOU feel YOU should be of service to your neighbors, fine; but a 13-year-old boy who’s a student and involved in all kinds of other activities needs his rest.

You should be looking out for ***his ***best interests, not your neighbors’.

Why do you presume she isn’t? For the most part I agree with you. I was expected to work at something at that age, but what work I chose was up to me. However it is not in a kid’s best interests to not contribute to their family and society either. If my kids are contributing in some way (as suits their needs and personality) then I would not feel a need to pressure them. However, if I had a child absorbed in nothing but school and sports - then I would think to expand their world and their contribution to it to something greater than the maintence of themselves.

**And now I will duck and cover to avoid the tomatoes for my very unpolicially correct view. **