tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post114435613178017392..comments2024-03-27T09:08:50.883-07:00Comments on Bad Mom, Good Mom: Outsourcing the Houseworkbadmomgoodmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11569728075698885020noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post-1148066388443391102006-05-19T12:19:00.000-07:002006-05-19T12:19:00.000-07:00It sounds like you've just argued yourself out of ...It sounds like you've just argued yourself out of your state of unease with respect to hiring household help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post-1147995612295541382006-05-18T16:40:00.000-07:002006-05-18T16:40:00.000-07:00Yes, it is a luxury. But as other women have poin...Yes, it is a luxury. But as other women have pointed out to me, there were other forms of help not currently available. Mark and I do not live a convenient distance to obtain much help from our mothers. We do not have the help of teen-aged girls who were loaned out within extended families or social circles (au-pairs). Unmarried aunts are busy using their MBAs and do not want to help out an ill cousin with young children. <BR/><BR/>Additionally, mothers of young children did not work outside of the home and parents' jobs usually did not require them to fly 3000 miles away every other week.badmomgoodmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569728075698885020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post-1147992443295238782006-05-18T15:47:00.000-07:002006-05-18T15:47:00.000-07:00I think it's a luxury to be able to ponder the eth...I think it's a luxury to be able to ponder the ethical merits of hiring household help.<BR/><BR/>I'm chef, gardener, cleaner, breadwinner, chauffeur, and entertainer in my household and I'd love to be able to hire household help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com