Quote From: easylistenerI thought that Dr. Phil was over-focused on Mike when clearly Amanda is about as clueless, lazy, and unmotivated about working as he is.
Whether we want to or not, lots of us mothers of young children have to get jobs and put our children in quality daycare settings.
Daycare is certainly not the ideal, but as your child gets older, daycare can become a good experience for them.
My husband is an attorney, and I work part-time. I would work full-time, except one of my children is special needs and I need to be home more. So I have my baby in daycare twice a week. With the money I make, I pay for our minivan.
Besides, Amanda does not sound like an exceedingly attentive mother anyway. She should get a job too, even if it's part time, put the boy in a quality daycare, and develop her own work-ethic and sense of maturity.
Well-put. BTDT as a single parent -- I hustled up and got a job PRECISELY b/c I didn't want to live with my parents forever.
Amanda needs to grow up herself. Neither she nor Brenda can change Mike.
