That's just wrong. IMO if you have kids, they're your
responsibility , not someone else's. It's like getting a pet when
you don't have the time to look after it.
Or maybe I'm still young and idealistic.
As Fatum has said, in an ideal world, the mom stays at home,
while pop goes out to bring home the bacon.
Unfortunately, the age of 'the woman's place is in the kitchen'
is truly over, and now women go out to join the workforce and to
bring home their own share of the family bacon.
Like it or not, asking a relative whom you know and trust to
help watch the kids is a far lesser evil than, say, leaving your
kids to a daycare center. Of course the key point here is that the
said relative must be willing and able to do so, and to never fully
abdicate your own responsibilities as a parent.
My uncle left my little cousin at my house for my mom to watch
over from when she was six months old all the way till she was six
years old. My mom was willing and able, and my uncle paid her for
that. She grew up well and is becoming a fine young woman (18 this
year) from what I can tell.
Heck, I myself was left in the care of an aunt back when both my
parents were still working.
I believe I turned out just fine too, yeah?
