Friend's FB Post Enjoying Having To Herself While DS Is At Daycare

[Ariana]

I don't give any parentng advice unless asked and even then I don't like to give it. What my friends and family do with their kids and family time is their business and I'm not an expert.

[C'est la vie.]

I know what you mean. I work in daycare and I have to admit that the parents like this, really don't want to know.

I limited a parent of mine who was always posting about the joys of being a stay at home mom. And being able to volunteer. It just confused me to reconcile this with my idea of a great parent.

It's a mom who doesn't want to parent. Or work "No that would be to stressfull with two children to raise." Whaaa? your kids aren in daycare full time? And likes to be "involved" as in volunteering. So she's now volunteering for our board of directors. I had to limit her because being her childs teacher and having her on the board of directors and playdates.. was just too many crossovers. The she goes on to tell me that I should get a house cleaner because it makes things soooo much easier! 9 hours a day child free, while staying at home makes cleaning a bathroom easy I'd think. Whatever.

I put all my energy in to having it all. I want a career. I want my kids. And I want a clean house. So I want the best of it all and it means working with my children. So seeing parents that want the exact opposite and do everything they can to make sure they DON'T have to parent, or work just dabble baffles me. It's not that I don't respect it, I just don't understand it. I can't wrap my brain around it so I walk away.

[dave4him]

In the words of my MIL, my SIL is not mentally stable to keep her all day every day of the week.