It is sad. I know they pay me, but I don't think they realize how much they will miss these years very soon. My youngest is 20, and I don't regret the time I spent with the three of my kids, no matter how long the days seemed (stay-at-home mom and homeschooler here!) I would love to be able to go back to those years when they were first learning and spend that time with them again. I think today's parents may miss these years all too soon.

Families are different, though. I have another family where the mom was on a business trip Monday-Wednesday, so she kept her boy home on Thursday, then let me know he 'seemed sick', so she was keeping him home on Friday, too. So I only had him one day, was paid for the entire week, and was happy that this little one was able to spend time with his mom.

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