QRgirl wrote:
Now how the HELL does anyone else get to do this? Nannies. Their net worth is in the tens of millions. In the Time magazine article she refused to answer a question regarding domestic help. And the more power to them for having the money to hire someone to look after their kids as they do. I don't see the difference between middle class working parents dropping their kids off at daycare - except the kids are getting more one to one time with the nanny - and a hire power couple having a nanny. Non-working parents (thinking of famous folks here with armies of nanies) with nannies who can't be bothered to raise their kids? Great dislike. Working parents with nannies? All good for me. Someone needs to be with the kids so why not someone who seems to enjoy them who can make a living doing it while allowing both parents to continue on with work?
One day when I was still at a "large software company" I looked around at all the director level and above and a vast majority of them were men who's wives didn't work. That's why they can work crazy hours and climb the corporate ladder. They had someone taking care of home life. Stay at home husbands would allow women to do the same but you just never saw that 10-15 years ago. This. This is what gets me. Why is it okay to rip women apart for doing what men have been doing for centuries? I'm in a similar working environment. Mostly men with SAHW who have the gull to tell me I should hurry up and have kids because I don't know what I'm missing. Funny, I often wonder when they see their kids, let alone spend quality time with them.
The reviews I've read about the book have lead me to question the reviewers stance on working women more than anything. I plan on picking up the book and learning a thing or two!
Thanks for the Ted link.