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Poll: As a freelancing parent, do/did you pay for childcare/cleaning or get/got support from grandparents?
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugal
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Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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N/A Oct 18

Both: paid help + grandmother...

Angie Garbarino
 
Philippe Etienne
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Spain
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English to French
Paid Oct 18

I was freelancing in Morocco during the childcare era, and we used to have a multi-tasking maid at the time. Grand-parents were on another continent.
Here in Spain, we still have a cleaning lady a few hours a week.
I'll think about the driver, the cook, the mistress and the body guard after MT has made me insanely rich.

Philippe

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Peter Simon
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Netherlands
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English to Hungarian
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Again: Oct 18

a valid and possible option is missing: none of the above for various reasons. One, I'm far too old for such a problem (my son has been having his career already for long), two, when I had my son, I was still very far from becoming a freelancer, except for giving private language classes. Three: I have nobody to worry about around me. Real life is a lot more varied than such simple options make it seem.

[Edited at 2024-10-18 17:33 GMT]
 
Angie Garbarino
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French to Italian
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Not anymore Oct 19

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:

Both: paid help + grandmother...


My son is 40 now and has his own career, but in the past yes,

[Edited at 2024-10-19 07:53 GMT]
 


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