You make it sound as though childcare is a bad thing, Kiwi! :-) To be honest I am happy to send my children to daycare: it enables them to play with other kids. There's benefits to daycare. Then again we have the luxury to pick which days we want as we run our own (or rather, my parents') shop.
Also, this nuclear family is something new. Way back children were brought up by various family members. Look at those old postcards: the whole street was the family. Then again now we're moving more and more into the postmodern family. which brings a new set of problems but also benefits, I'm sure.
Jim, I don't think you have to attach too much importance to your kid preferring mummy. Heck, when Ophelia was younger, she suddenly decided daddy was her favourite. :-)
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Friday, 21 August 2009 07:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Yep, what helped a lot was realising that "I WANT MUMMY!" doesn't actually mean "I want mummy", it just means "I'm upset!".
― JimD, Saturday, 22 August 2009 10:03 (fourteen years ago) link
:-) It is painful though. You're (or rather I was) always a bit jealous, saddened that I wasn't top pick. But y'know, who cares, they love you and you love them. :-) It's not a contest. I think it's awesome you're doing this btw. :-) Will you and Claire have kids of your own?
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Saturday, 22 August 2009 10:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Yep, planning to!
― JimD, Saturday, 22 August 2009 16:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Hurrah! :-))))
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Saturday, 22 August 2009 20:41 (fourteen years ago) link