[SeptemberMorn]

POSITION :
Mom, Mommy, Mama, Ma
Dad, Daddy, Dada, Pa, Pop

JOB DESCRIPTION :

Long term, team players needed, for challenging,
permanent work in an often chaotic environment.
Candidates must possess excellent communication
and organizational skills and be willing to work
variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends
and frequent 24-hour shifts on call.
Some overnight travel required, including trips to
primitive camping sites on rainy weekends and endless sports
tournaments in far away cities!
Travel expenses not reimbursed.
Extensive courier duties also required.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

The rest of your life.
Must be willing to be hated, at least temporarily,
until someone needs $5.
Must be willing to bite tongue repeatedly.
Also, must possess the physical stamina of a
pack mule and be able to go from zero to 60 mph in three
seconds flat in case, this time, the screams from
the backyard are not someone just crying wolf.
Must be willing to face stimulating technical challenges,
such as small gadget repair, mysteriously sluggish toilets
and stuck zippers. Must screen phone calls, maintain calendars
and coordinate production of multiple homework projects.
Must have ability to plan and organize social gatherings
for clients of all ages and mental outlooks.
Must be willing to be indispensable one minute,
an embarrassment the next.
Must handle assembly and product safety testing of a
half million cheap, plastic toys, and battery operated devices.
Must always hope for the best but be prepared for the worst.
Must assume final, complete accountability for
the quality of the end product.
Responsibilities also include floor maintenance and
janitorial work throughout the facility.

POSSIBILITY FOR ADVANCEMENT & PROMOTION :

None.
Your job is to remain in the same position for years, without complaining, constantly retraining and updating your skills,
so that those in your charge can ultimately surpass you

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE :

None required unfortunately.
On-the-job training offered on a continually exhausting basis.

WAGES AND COMPENSATION :

Get this! You pay them!
Offering frequent raises and bonuses.
A balloon payment is due when they turn 18 because
of the assumption that college will help them
become financially independent.
When you die, you give them whatever is left.
The oddest thing about this reverse-salary scheme is that
you actually enjoy it and wish you could only do more.

BENEFITS :

While no health or dental insurance, no pension,
no tuition reimbursement, no paid holidays and
no stock options are offered;
this job supplies limitless opportunities for personal growth,
unconditional love, and free hugs and kisses for life
if you play your cards right.

Forward this on to all the PARENTS you know, in
appreciation for everything they do on a daily basis,
letting them know they are appreciated
for the fabulous job they do...
or forward with love
to anyone thinking of applying for the job.

** AND A FOOTNOTE 'THERE IS NO RETIREMENT -- EVER and when they get old enough they do what they want so what was all the years for.

Those of you who have just had babies (or anyone with kids), would you have done it if it had been presented to you this way?

[MyBestKids2]

"free hugs and kisses for life"

Thats all I need!!!

[thelostone]

i can honestly say that none of my kids has ever told me they hate me. i have also been asked by several of their friends if i was looking to adopt another one. i think i would do it all over again.

lost

[SeptemberMorn]

Yeah, and if the kids stop doing it, there's always the grandkids!

[SeptemberMorn]

My step-son used to tell me that but it was understandable to me. Every time he said that I'd say "That's okay. I LOVE you!" It wasn't long before he stopped.

I've been asked to adopt my kids' friends. In fact, my daughter's friends called me "Mom" all on their own.

If it had been up to me, I would have had six more after my youngest. That would have made TEN kids! Oh, but what a housefull of love I would have had! It's been hard accepting that I have an empty nest. Sure miss my kids, expecially when I have the grandkids. I have one that is so much like his dad, it's almost like having his dad little again. I wouldn't trade my motherhood for anything in this world!

[Angel_of_the_Past]

Great post!

[PlanningtoLive]

A job with more rewards than you can count - wouldn't change a thing.

Mary Alice