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A friend of mine, we’ll call her Christine, has the following problem. Her daughter gets out of school at 2:00. Three times a month her son gets out of speech therapy at 2:15. Her daughter’s teacher frequently lets the class out late, sometimes as late as 2:15. Obviously my Christine can’t be in two places at once.
The mom of one of her daughter’s friends, who is a stay-at-home mom, offered to take my Christine’s daughter home from school on speech therapy days, so my Christine wouldn’t be late picking up her son. My Christine’s daughter would just have a playdate with her friend for a little while, until Christine could pick her up.
Christine is hesitant to do this, because she doesn’t want to take advantage of her friend, the stay-at-home mom. We’ve all heard the horror stories, and maybe some of us have even experienced a few. You know…friends and neighbors who always count on the stay-at-home mom to babysit in a pinch, because she’s always home.
So help Christine out. By accepting her friend’s offer to watch her daughter, would Christine be taking advantage of her friend, the stay-at-home mom? If you’re a stay-at-home mom, and even if you’re not, what do you think?
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