A Good Babysitter is Hard to Find (if you don’t have a mirror)
A friend told me the other day that she would like to have more [than two] children, but it’s too hard to find good babysitters. I had no words. My eyes opened and eyebrows raised in surprise as I just nodded.
Also, I am saddened about a couple who hoped for years to have a baby and are finally expecting, and they have the plan already in place for the mother to head back to work. I suppose I should be thankful that in Canada, mothers have a year off for maternity leave, but why have a baby if you don’t want to take care of it past the age of one?
I can understand the “hard cases” where mothers simply have no choice, but to PLAN to leave your baby? I would think new mothers who plan to go back to work tend to purposely or even unconsciously avoid getting attached to their babies. They fear the natural bond because they plan to leave their child, and it would be too painful if the attachment were too strong.
“Leading authorities agree that for optimum development the child needs one person as a full-time caretaker for the first three years, a person who has time day and night to devote herself to the needs of the child.” Herbert Ratner, M.D
The following idea might sell in my area:
The Onion: Many U.S. Parents Outsourcing Child Care Overseas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxj1RDbp_iE
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5 Responses to “A Good Babysitter is Hard to Find (if you don’t have a mirror)”
By Twila on Jun 5, 2008 | Reply
“When we en-crate him, he’s perfectly quiet!” Oh those trusting parents!
By carol on Jun 5, 2008 | Reply
The thing is, the “crate” may seem exaggerated, but it is not too far off from what many schedulers, Babywisers, or sleep trainers do when they let their children cry-it-out in a cage or crib or crib tent.
By carol on Jun 5, 2008 | Reply
Cry-it-out schedulers sure know how to take the joy out of bedtime parenting. Whatever happened to rocking and cuddling and stories and love?
These parents seem to have an unhealthy idol worshipping of their own right to uninterrupted sleep.
By Amie on Jun 5, 2008 | Reply
Reminds me of a mom I know who said they were going to have two children because everything was designed for families of four. I didn’t really know what to say.
By carol on Jun 5, 2008 | Reply
I wouldn’t know what to say either. Quite the reason!