Re: ABC news


"P. Tierney" <silviomossa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Stephanie" <IwishICould@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> "P. Tierney" <silviomossa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>> P. Tierney wrote:
>>>>> "Rose Garten" <Rosenugga@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>>>>What I do have a problem with is paying someone a ton of money to do
>>>>>>what parents could do on their own.
>>>>>
>>>>> That's pretty much it for me. Subletting any "hard" parental
>>>>> tasks to others, and keeping the baby/kid around for play and
>>>>> show-and-tell, is sometimes where it seems like things are going.
>>>>> I can see them at parties with their friends, instead of swapping
>>>>> stories about methods, books read, funny things that happened
>>>>> in the process, it would be, "This is who I paid to get my kid to
>>>>> sleep, who did you pay? And oh, what was the number of that
>>>>> person that taught your kid to pee in the potty? I've been
>>>>> meaning to pay someone to do that for months! Now, where
>>>>> is that cocktail tray...."
>>>>
>>>> Eh, I really don't see it that way.
>>>
>>> I'm exaggerating a bit, of course.
>>>
>>>> I suspect
>>>> most of this woman's clients are hiring her more because
>>>> they feel they haven't got a clue than because they're
>>>> not interested in spending the time to do the job. In
>>>> fact, I would suspect that most of her clients have her
>>>> in for observation for some nights and then just get
>>>> the email support and do it themselves.
>>>
>>> I don't know, it doesn't specify. As a matter of
>>> economics, there aren't too many that can toss 50k out
>>> there for such things -- and more for all of the other
>>> "challenges" that lay down the road.
>>>
>>>> I mean, it's not
>>>> like sleep issues are the sorts of things that everyone
>>>> knows how to handle
>>>
>>> I agree.
>>>
>>>> and it's just a motivation issue.
>>>
>>> I don't agree. I think it is motivation, as well as
>>> priorities. Because....
>>>
>>>> All you have to do is look through the m.k archives to
>>>> see that there are loads of folks who are completely
>>>> confused about how to encourage a baby to sleep through
>>>> and lots of disagreement over what techniques are best.
>>>
>>> .... it can be done, and the m.k archives are (I guess)
>>> filled with people who were motivated enough to find a
>>> way how to do it.
>>
>>
>> What difference does it make if someone has boatloads of cash to throw
>> around? Money has always been able to buy you convenience.
>
> True, but as noted elsewhere, other cheaper tasks can be
> hired out so that parents can avoid the difficulties of the job.
>
>
> P. Tierney
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The job of learning through hiring a consultant rather than reading books?
Did you read a different article than I did?


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