maleficent

With my sister, who is a stay at home mom of 4 rugrats. After the first one, she went back to work and my niece went to daycare, and was there for about 2 years til the other 3 got popped out in pretty rapid succession. She was home for the other 3. The eldest child is much more socialized and much more independent than the other 3 kids, who are clingy and very whiney children. Especially the youngest who is always around mommy and is used to gettign whatever she wants out of mommy. (She started preschool and was booted out because she was so unmanageable)

I also think that staying home has changed my sister. We have never been close, but her being mommy has taken her identity, life for her is all about shuttling the kids to play groups, or after school activities, or class trips. She never does anything for her. Her friends are all also mommies, if she spends time with non-mommies she has absolutely nothing to say, I don't think she's read a book in years, I know she hasn't read a newspaper, she used to be pretty intelligent, and now she's not.

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