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Speaker: more fans. Hello to all our fans. Hello, friends. Which is at least two of my friends and two of yours. Oh, yeah. I have friends listening. Hi. You said you just have a friend who called it the the Moms with Boys podcast? Yeah.
Speaker: Rebrand? You want to really avoid saying boy moms. We're just moms who happen to have boys. Yeah. It's not a defining aspect of our personalities. No, we're not in love with them. We're We're not jealous. and They're not going to go anywhere. I mean, we live in a place people want to live in. A destination. Yeah. As opposed to like the middle of nowhere. And then your kid's like, I need to get out and go see.
Speaker: what if they cra What if they crave? roll wow What if What they crave snow or better public transit? Well, what did we say? They're going they're going to go to and NYU. I mean, i think I think we should move to New York City for high school, basically, like so that they're not driving around. That means we all have to be rich. but Yes, we have to be rich by then, podcast followers. like whenever I'm like, it would be nice to live in New York.
Speaker: I'm like, no, because because we don't have money. No, exactly. Yeah. It would be nice to be rich and live in New York. Do you think you would shop more? But you said you're so not into consumerism.
Speaker: Would I shop more? Go to like Macy's? I don't know. Where do you go? There's cool little boutiques in New York. Yeah, yeah. I guess I buy some – I just buy stuff on like Etsy or eBay. I mean, you're good because you're sample size, so you could just buy whatever. No, it's true. Yeah, it's ideal.
Speaker: ah So I don't – yeah, I don't really think about it. how Wedding shopping must have been a breeze that you were sample size. ah No alterations. like No alterations. Yeah. I mean, it worked out because I was able to fit into a dress that my – grandma and like I wore the dress my grandma and mom wore when they were 18 and 19. Yeah.
Speaker: And I was 29 when I got married. Much older. looked an 18-year-old. But still had the body of a 19-year-old. No, 18. Yeah, yeah. I mean, that's lovely.
Speaker: no it is nice. and i Because then I would have had to pay to – Yeah, it would have been crazy. I had to fix this. The sleeves had holes. So I did have to do a few things. but Holes. Oh, you did like fix them. Yeah, yeah. Or repair. And she did a good job. She ended up kind of just removing a bunch of stuff.
Speaker: Okay. But it looked it looked nice. Yeah, I've seen the pictures on Facebook. and a dress. Yeah, you can Facebook stop. I couldn't dance in that dress. Oh, did you change? Yeah, so I had to have a second dress. Okay, had to. Because I couldn't. Because it was very, I mean, it would have fallen apart. So what was the second dress? um It was an eBay dress that I got for $60. Okay.
Speaker: sixty dollars okay yeah A short one. Stretchy? I wanted it to be like Elaine May's dress in A New Leaf. Not familiar. You never seen A New Leaf? Elaine May sounds like a familiar name, but not. Oh, God. What happened?
Speaker: It's Elaine May and Walter Matthau. I mean, those are great names. but I'll watch it. I'll put it on the list. I mean, A New Leaf, my favorite movie of all the time. Really? That's your fave? Yeah.
Speaker: Oh, we just watched The Long Goodbye. and might be on the list. that Elliot Gould. I like Elliot Gould. He's incredible. He's a great. In this movie. He feels like a great person.
Speaker: I don't know if he is. Oh, he is And a Jew. Well, that's why. Shana Tova. Umaduka. Oh, lordy. We're going to get into more Jewish stuff. I can't outdo you because you have your kid Jewish...
Speaker: early education center but i mean it we want to go to services more okay look we can go should i try to get the membership where you guys are you don't have to be a member to go to services you don't just the high the high holiday ones obviously they those are exclusive for me and sitcom stars from the 90s only no we went to the free service at the comedy club and yes that's real okay which famous people were there I don't know. i don't have a great eye for famous people. It was probably a lot of aging B-movies. Who's better at recognizing famous people, you or Dean?
Speaker: Definitely Dean. I don't care. yeah I'll think I know them from somewhere. like yeah Mike is so much better at spotting people than I am. i don't I have a lot of trouble. I'm not looking. They have to be literally like someone from Full House for me to. We saw The Rock, what's his name?
Speaker: The guy who's The Rock and I didn't recognize him. I mean, people call him The Rock. But his real name is? Dwayne Johnson. Dwayne. Right? Yeah, we saw Dwayne. No one calls him Dwayne.
Speaker: He's the rock. Dwayne is the joking name my dad used to give for like boyfriends that we would have. He'd be like, is Dwayne calling? He had some good jokes.
Speaker: Bring back Dwayne. I'm not personally going to do that. But if you have any friends... If you want to base your child's name off our podcast, feel free to name them Dwayne. Name them Dwayne for us, please.
Speaker: But yes, we did say on Instagram, I write the captions, which, you know, they're hit or miss. Yeah, you do the social. She's, Rena is the... Social media. so Anyway, I wrote in the captions that Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is a great for two to three-year-olds, which really I meant almost three-year-olds and three-year-olds. But Paige thinks – well, you tell me what you think.
Speaker: Yeah, when I saw – I just saw that caption. i was like, I'm not – I don't really recommend any movie, honestly, to like a kid under four. We are snobs, obviously. No, you – I mean, you got to – you got to – parent based off of your own morals to feel confident, right? Yeah. So it's like, you know, you I mean, and this is hard for me because I love to just hear an expert and let it be dogma. But it's like at the end of the day, like you got to go inward a bit and be like, what do I feel comfortable with?
Speaker: So what's the latest with the school? No updates. Zero? I don't know if they're still showing this stuff. that's what That's what I'm trying to understand right now. I wrote a letter to the teacher today.
Speaker: On my typewriter. Ooh. Like the CIA. It's what made sense. What did it say? It said that ah I want to know if they're still playing A.R. Isla, basically. Okay. Because...
Speaker: They said that they were going just eliminate all of the videos as part of the social emotional learning lessons. But he's still reporting videos. Like he watched four videos on what day? Tuesday? You couldn't figure out if they were AI? Yeah, exactly. Like I was only able to find one of them. Well, okay. No, one was the assembly video, of course. And then the other one yeah was a song.
Speaker: I still don't understand why they do the videos because – I would think the transition is so much harder in and out of video than just do singing the song with them.
Speaker: Like it just doesn't make any sense to me. Wait, what you mean? Like as a teacher, if I imagine myself as a teacher and I remember what it was like being in class, turning on a video is a big transition. And then coming out. Now it's just hitting play.
Speaker: Even though they have to come down it. When you stop it, it was always a huge change back to the class. And these kids are all dysregulated. they're They're saying all sorts of crazy stuff that I told you about. Oh, yeah. um Which you should tell the police about.
Speaker: my opinion. That's a crazy thing to say. for Subscribe for money to know what it was. Yeah.
Speaker: No, but it's – Yeah, because and i but I feel like this can't possibly be helping the behavior issues. There's no way. and And, like, I feel like it's also because sometimes it takes also, like, live performance experience to realize maybe because, like, I've always hated that when people do that in live shows where they switch to a video element and then back to the theater theater show that they're putting on. Oh, yeah, that's true. Like, the transition doesn't work.
Speaker: And it just makes real life seem – just got to cut out all of it. Like it just the the contrast between the two is such a – what's the word? a Discord. It's so discordant like yeah your brain can't wrap around it. like And they're doing that several times a day. Imagine four videos when you're five years old sprinkled throughout the day and having to come down from each one, having to lock in.
Speaker: and I had to stop – my husband was doing that a lot and I had to stop him. Doing what? Being like, to get him in the car seat, we'll put a video on. What? I was like, no. Oh, yeah. Teaching them the only way to get some things by watching a video. Yeah, know. was you have to deal. And again, it's the adult trying to regulate. Like, it's like, you have to deal with him being upset.
Speaker: Right. And you have to remain calm. I mean, it's it's a hard skill, and it's a hard skill to maintain. Like, it takes practice, and then it takes maintenance to like – and I can feel –
Speaker: ability slipping a bit now that he's like in a program all day. I'm like, I have like like like push a little harder. Oh yeah, no, that's the weekend parent thing. Oh, it's so bad. it seems like, or even just my husband, like when you're with them less, it's more intense when you are with them because you're not used to it. Or even the transition, maybe at least for the first few minutes. The transition and just that you haven't had to, although mentally and emotionally I'm doing much better. So I'll just say that too, because like I was burnt out and I'm like,
Speaker: I am doing a lot better and I am like base level a lot calmer. But I think having those years with them gave me a lot of good practice that is paying off now.
Speaker: and just that I have the awareness that it's slipping is like, okay, like, I at least recognize that it's me. You know what I mean? um But yeah, it does make it a little bit harder in some ways. Like not all the time.
Speaker: In some ways, my attention's much better Because I'm not so burnt. So it's like i have a lot more patience to sit after school and read like book after book after book after book. Like, whereas before by that time of day, i was like, I cannot do i cannot sustain focus anymore.
Speaker: So it's like there's some positives, but when it's all day with him, like I can feel, I'm like, oh, I'm a little out of practice. Like on the weekend? And I'm a little more thirsty, like a weekend parent thing, you know? Like I'm a little more like, hi. You're being a little too. Yeah, like where it's like, is this real? Like, you know, don't know.
Speaker: So I kind of love that he was home this week. I didn't eat breakfast. so If you didn't eat breakfast? I forgot. You want to go eat right now? ah Go get those Fruit Loops. Oh, yeah. we give it We also don't agree with you about the sugar thing, obviously. like Wait, but how are things going with... ah
Speaker: Like, where do they... where do they Oh, but he hasn't gone this week. He hasn't gone as much. Yeah, because he we kept him home because he he had a cough. we got we We went to the doctor and got the steroid yesterday. So he's doing a little lot better today. So I brought him. But I told them. What I didn't like is one day he had a low-grade fever and they didn't tell me. They waited until pickup. And I was like, because they don't tell you to pick them up unless it's a high fever. i need to talk to them.
Speaker: like, I want to pick him Tell him what your standards are. Yeah. Yeah. Like, even if it's a low grade. Well, I think other parents might be like, I'm working. Do not bother me about anything. That's fine. But like, I'm like, please, like, if he's not feeling well, I don't want him feeling that way in school. No, totally. And spreading it. Like, it's like, he's a low grade fever. That's contagious. Like, tell me to bring him home. Like, I don't, you know. Yeah, yeah. Just tell them that. need to tell them. But I feel like any, the teachers, I know.
Speaker: Did you ever figure out who the hot dad was? Oh, so that's kind of funny, actually. So apparently they said to our friend, like, the hot dads, plural. But then she looked at the group and was like, well, that's the only hot one. And we were like, no, that's just your taste. Oh, interesting. Yeah, yeah, yeah. so how did it So the whole thing, the whole theory kind of fell apart.
Speaker: Yeah. ah But which made my husband feel a lot better, obviously. like it way the other They just meant vaguely that all the dads were hot. like it's like So whatever. But um yeah, I don't know. The teachers, it's hard to talk to the teachers because I only see them at drop off and pick up. And I feel bad having, because they're trying to do a bunch of things while we do that. So I'm like, I can't really have a conference. I could talk to the person who's always open to talking is the director. But then it seems like I'm talking to your boss about you where it's like, we don't have to do that.
Speaker: You know, like, yeah. But if they're the only person available. That's the problem. Like, because it's like it's three teachers and every time I talk to them, they look like, okay, like I don't have time to talk to you. Really? Yeah. It's like, it's not great vibes. That's not a good vibe. No, it's not. They are smiling. yeah. But I'm like – Perfected the smile. Yeah. Like, oh, a parent wanting to talk to me. Yeah. Right. But I can tell. know what I mean? And it's like they're probably used to a lot of – I don't know what is going on, but it can't be great. You know, like –
Speaker: But, but I'm like, no, I need to. So they they haven't told you anything lately? No. you can't talk to them I mean, obviously the sharing thing, like, it's, I'm like, yeah, I know. You know? Um, but know he hasn't been there, but then when I brought him in, they're like, yeah, we're all sick. Like we also all get sick. And I was like, i don' oh no. You know, like,
Speaker: like The teachers are all sick? Yeah, they're like, when they get sick, we get sick. And they just keep going to work. I guess. And I'm like, okay, well, I didn't really know how to respond to that. like Because I was like, I kept him home when he was sick. like I'm like, you did the he is better. I was like, he shouldn't be contagious now. like I'm like, he we went to the doctor. he's He hasn't been sick. We kept him home two days. like Yeah, so I'm like, I don't know why I'm – I'm sorry. i'm I didn't know what to say. Yeah, were they saying that – Who are they blaming? I don't know.
Speaker: I don't know. But it was weird. And it wasn't weird. um But it was like, I did. I was like, do you have soup? Are you OK? And I'm like, oh, OK. Like in this, like very. Oh, yeah. It wasn't great. Yeah. I know what you're talking. Yes. So and I'm like, but I'm like, as long as they like the kids and they're just like this with the parents, I guess it's OK. But it doesn't make me worried like that they seem so.
Speaker: A little bit burnt. like Yeah. right It's like bottled up. Yes. Bottled up. Don't like that. Yeah. I don't like that. Yeah. On the other hand. Because then it's like fake. It's fake. Kids can sense when they're being talked to that. And I remember when I was little, I made a promise with myself that I would remember when I was older that I was a full person who knew when things were fake back then. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That I wouldn't treat kids like that. To the like fake sing-song voice. Yeah. But – How do you see them talk to the kids? But no matter what you're there. They're fine with the kids. Yeah. they're actually like genuinely happy with the kids, which is –
Speaker: the main thing. Like, I think they just are fed up with parents in general. Like, and they don't know me. And that's just not, it's they're taking care of your child all day. I know. You should feel like amazing about them. The the thing I'm wondering is like, they've all been working there a long time.
Speaker: And I wonder if at the beginning it was like that and they just got burnt one too many times. Cause it's like, I'm sure a lot of the parents treat them like in a subservient way.
Speaker: Yeah, no, of course. Yeah, so it's like. But that doesn't, it's like you you're taking care of someone's child. I know, i know. I don't love it. You should feel like 100% happy about how they are with them. know.
Speaker: One of the... He's so young. I feel 100% about how they treat the kids. It's really just with like that with me where I'm like, you don't want to talk to me at all. And I don't know why. It could be because originally i did communicate with the director who then talked to them. And I didn't realize...
Speaker: what I was doing, which was like, your boss is going to come talk you did you kind did you, not that you were complaining, but did you complain about something and then you went the teachers about it? Yes. Oh, so now you're like, they don't trust you. I'm the complainer. Yes.
Speaker: But I'm like, that's not what I meant to do. i just didn't want to bother them because they were busy. see if you can wear them down. Wow. Like bring them presents. I'm like, I don't know what else to do. Just um, continue,
Speaker: Because I'm sure they can sense that I'm like hesitant to drop him off sometimes, you know, but he's fine. Like they also might have a bias because like he's clearly, well not clearly, but.
Speaker: Clearly what? Not clearly, but like might it be showing some signs of ADHD at this point. Like it's a little bit different than the other kids. Like an amazing thing. But the all the half the kids there, I'm sure, have something.
Speaker: They're used to that sort of thing. don't know. We'll see. Right? I don't know. That's the thing. It's like it's just a mystery to me. and i'm And I also get in my head, as we know, as I said last episode, I often think people are thinking the worst of me. So it's like I err on the side of negativity. Maybe this is in my – I can't tell if it's just in my head either.
Speaker: Just if you talk to them in a general way, not like in a complainy way. Yeah, I have them. Like, hey, how's it going? Like, I always, you know, talk for a second when I get there.
Speaker: they probably make, like, nothing. They stay they stayed there a long time. I mean, I'd imagine they make, like, at least $35 an hour. like oh really? Yeah. It's so expensive. Oh, you'd be surprised. You think? Yes.
Speaker: Yes. I should inquire. because my... It'll make it easier. easier No, but 21 an hour what? what It's like 55 or something.
Speaker: Is it? year. Oh, let me to calculate. 43,000 a year. ah But they must get benefits in everything.
Speaker: Should I ask the director? Maybe I won't. You could, yeah. Yeah, yeah. I'll just alienate everyone. I don't Make it so you have no one there. No, they shouldn't be paying people. No, it's crazy. It should minimum 28 an hour. It's like the pay scale is so – there's class difference. Yeah, yeah, definitely. That's horrible.
Speaker: um Oh, no. So no wonder they're – Yes. I guess I thought – I thought they were getting paid more there at least, but they're they've been all been working there a long time. They're not – yeah, but that's okay.
Speaker: ah So right now they're fundraising at the school. Yeah. And they keep emphasizing that the money that they're raising right now is going toward paying the aides at the school. Oh.
Speaker: But – And like I think they're fully paid by this fund. It's all like parents and there's so many parents in the neighborhood. Okay. Then that's different. don't know about those aides then. But I don't necessarily agree with the role the aides are playing at the school. What are they doing? So I get having – in my kid's classroom you have a teacher and then you have an aide. And I definitely think for a kindergarten classroom, you should have an aide in the room all the time. Yeah. Great.
Speaker: But at recess, there are just many aides yelling at the kids all the time to like go to the bathroom and drink water – and ah Like we ran into one yesterday and my kid was like, we saw one leaving the school and my kid was like, yeah, that's the one who just yells to go to the restroom and drink water. ah And then they also control, like they do the red light, green light. They are facilitating the play at recess. And I think the kids should be playing on their own yeah because that's the only way they're ever going to learn how to interact with each other doing
Speaker: making mistakes and having conflicts and solving them. And it's just, and these aides are, you know, nothing on that. Like they're being told to do this, obviously it's not their fault, but their job for, for some of them is to facilitate the play and run the recess basically. So the kids aren't just doing whatever they want to do.
Speaker: And so I i inquired yesterday. i walked They're always at the table raising funds. And I was like, who decides how the money is distributed? Like what to do with the money And they're like, oh, it's the board.
Speaker: There was a meeting on Zoom the other day and I'm like, oh, Zoom meetings don't register to be. you join the I mean, I would have to get elected. ah you know, who's on the board? The one who was defending. Oh, no. Defending the screen. So that's who's on the board.
Speaker: So I would have to get in there. But there was one in-person meeting that I went to the first one. And then there might be one more in person at the end of the year or something. But the rest of them are on Zoom. And I'm like, I'm never going to talk.
Speaker: They've never met me before. I'm not going to talk on Zoom. Whereas ah if the meetings were in person, i would go have a little conversations with people. Well, Mike is used to being on his computer. Maybe he could join the board. Being being on Zoom meetings. Yeah, maybe. Because Zoom doesn't register to me as real. Like I can't do things on Zoom. No, no, no. Me neither. I can't do I'm horrible.
Speaker: My last TV writing job, I was so happy. I thought everything was going well. The second it became a Zoom room, It became really weird. Well, because the timing's over. no. It was a disaster. Who's talking? And the people in charge, I even told them in the, me I was like, i feel like I'm having a hard time ever since it's been on Zoom. And they love that it was on Zoom. They didn't want to go anywhere. Yeah. Yeah. So they were like, i don't see what the problem is.
Speaker: And it obviously caused a lot of problems for people. Everyone's talking over each other. You're constantly looking at the boxes of people. Like someone looks like they're about to talk and you don't want to yeah get in their way. you over Not to mention the chat or things going on in the chat. It's like they're coming in from all angles. like Yeah, yeah. The chat.
Speaker: Right. No, then I was eating other people, my coworkers the whole time who um because I would never put anything in the chat. Yeah. But then I was told I need to watch my face on Zoom. What? Because I was making wrong faces something. Oh, you're like laughing? No, I was just sitting there and he said I need to watch my face on Zoom. Watch And then after that, I was like – You turned your camera off. usually – I would turn my camera off or I would just be like – You should have changed your camera. Just turn camera off and just put a picture of a smiley face. Yeah, and be like, I am happy, okay? Everything great. I am smiling. Okay. But was crazy. Not the first time I've been told to smile. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
Speaker: Smile. I had a crossing guard when I was a kid. Every day he told me to smile. Wow. Every day for years. Didn't make you happy. and It's the most infuriating thing you could possibly experience as an eight-year-old to be told to smile while walking to school every morning. It's so funny because I feel like me as an eight-year-old have been like, okay, and then I would have smiled. It's
Speaker: the opposite. But no, I hate – yeah, i don't like being told to smile either. Although I often smile at and defensively, like if I'm frightened. I'm the plane would be going down. I'd be like, you're interacting with your child's teachers. Yes. No. And they're doing the same thing to me. Everyone's just out trying out smile on each other. But the thing is, I feel like they're mad and I'm scared. But no, I'm going to talk to them and see how much they're getting paid.
Speaker: will do this. Do it. Report back. Because I am not comfortable with them not having like a base level of like above the poverty line. Are we crazy? What are we doing? What kind of dynamic is that? Everyone coming in the BMWs? Yeah, no, that's what's crazy about, especially And also that their boss is making four times or more. What the hell are we doing?
Speaker: but are we yeah What kind of example is that? the people taking care I mean, Mike and I talk about this all the time. It's crazy that the class of nannies is just on in another universe compared to the people that they're taking care of. Like,
Speaker: Oh, yeah. it should If you're taking care of someone's kid, but even you should be at the same lifestyle. You should be living in their – at least the show The Nanny. She's living in their nice house. She's provided for. And the nannies do make more than these workers at these early turtles. Yeah, right. At least – They're making more. Yes.
Speaker: Not all of them. Sometimes I'm shocked by how much L.A. nannies are making. I mean, well, yeah, if it's under the table, then you can take it down. Or even not – like – I know one who was making in the low twenty s Well, rich people have no reference point for how much life. It's like that woman. It's how they're rich by being cheap. What's that show where she's like, it's a banana. How much could it cost? $10. Is that Arrested Bellman? Yeah, yeah, I've never watched the show, but everyone always quote yeah always quote the banana thing. But it's like that. They're just like, well, fine. You know, like.
Speaker: Because they can buy a quart of milk and I'm sure a house is $50 for them, you know, in their neighborhood or whatever. When they all live in different neighborhoods. Yeah. you I don't like that. No, it's bad. Yeah, because I can feel it underneath and it's it's not a good feeling, you know.
Speaker: And the help, especially in LA, it feels like there's a big difference between the help and Oh, God. Yeah. i'm gonna i'm in ah I'm going to figure out a way to talk to them about it, I think, because it's it makes me uncomfortable. how do you think you're going bring it up?
Speaker: don't know. I'm to talk to the director about how much they're getting paid. oh she's going to get defensive about that. Oh, yes, she will. Oh, yes, she will. But I'm just curious because, like, I want to make sure it's all fair wages. Like, you know, they're responsible for making it. I need to figure out a way to bring it up casually. How do you say that casually? That's why I I would feel more comfortable talking to the employees about it Oh, how much they get paid? No. Because then I'm some rich jerk asking how much you get paid. like I guess I'm only used to talking because I've never employed a nanny. Yeah.
Speaker: But i I am always going around being like, are they paying you enough? Are they like asking about benefits? Well, the also the timing. and And maybe it's deliberate now that I think about it. That I never really have the opportunity to talk so much with them.
Speaker: I don't get to. Because it's drop off and pick up. They're busy. And also there's kids. We're doing the smallest amount of time, right? There's early drop off and there's late pickup. So they're all ready with kids when we get there. like Oh.
Speaker: You know? So it's like there's You can't even get there early talk to them. would have to pay more. Yeah. Yeah. Which I could. You can do it for just one day. they said Wait, what time?
Speaker: and think it's like eight or something. I'm not sure. Maybe 7-3. I'm really not sure. So if you just got there 10 minutes before that early drop-off time talk to them. I have to for that day. They said like if an appointment comes up, you can pay for one day like with some notice. But really you just want to talk to them. Yeah. I just want talk to them. Then there's no circumstance. Like it's – I'm realizing, which I don't love.
Speaker: Well – The director has to please you, right? So feel like she should be open. But I just... The director is also going to be annoyed. yeah I mean, like, and do I want... Like, it's delicate because I want them to still like my kid and, like, people can have these biases very quickly. like Against.
Speaker: If they don't like the parent, you know, like, is that going to reflect? ah Hopefully not, but what do I know? I've been so annoying, obviously, with, yeah you know, Not wanting them to show the children AI-generated videos. Which is legit.
Speaker: But yeah, like, oh, are they going treat your kid differently? mean, maybe would say if I was just like, are they paying you enough here? Also, though, I think you can assume you probably don't need to ask. They don't get paid well. I don't think you need them.
Speaker: Well, but how am I going to get them to pay them more if I don't know how much they get paid? you You can safely assume that they don't get paid very much. So I just need to get them out of there.
Speaker: My mom is so happy that he's there.
Speaker: He's learning. away I mean, he's learning all this Jewish stuff. Like, it's like, you know, it's like becoming part of his lexicon, which is great really nice. like And you could, you can find other ways. Go to temple. Find other ways to do it. But yeah I mean, this is the reality. like just move in with my brother. There we go. Immersive experience. We'll be very far away. Hebrew. Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker: Immersive experience. Exactly. But. No matter what, it's like that's what's so messed up. Well, it's also hard. employees just don't make money of at any of these places. Why? well I don't understand why. is it just that they're just sucking all the profits up?
Speaker: Yeah, the director makes a lot of money. they You always hear insurance. It's always insurance, insurance, insurance. Yeah. What do you Which might – it's like those people that get paid the high salaries are the ones that keep the parents happy. So it's like that's what keeps the money coming in.
Speaker: so But the ones actually taking care of the kids are the ones who are making nothing. Couldn't they just do a fundraiser and then raise everyone's salary? Right. It seems like it would be – They just need to raise a year. I think that's what they're doing at the school. Yeah.
Speaker: They're supplementing. Or they just need one person to give an endowment. But then when preschool parents always complain, like, I'm already paying, why would I fundraise? right Right. And then we say because the employees are underpaid, any we need them to have some quality of life here. like Like, I wonder if you talk to other parents about it, if they would.
Speaker: If they're also concerned, like, oh, have you noticed? We just need multimillionaire, like, billionaire parent to give couple million. There some really rich parents. That's what I'm saying. We just need an endowment. We need, like, a fundraiser that can get – because it's like they give an endowment of $10 million, that could – the interest of that will fund their salaries forever. Like, it's like – it doesn't even have to be part of the cost anymore. But to all the parents, they're like, we're just here for two years.
Speaker: Whatever. And then we're gone. Why would they care? Jewish education. Yeah. Yeah. Right. They would have to think long term. Right. and They would have to care about the community. Yeah. Yeah. And I don't I don't think that's the mind.
Speaker: Oh, it's depressing. no. Yeah. yeah Just the way things that there's just a huge divide. So how would you do it? i mean, could we raise tuition and they get paid more? you Like. And then the parents would complain about how expensive.
Speaker: But it's really, you know, it is very expensive, but it's ah it's cheaper than a nanny. It is. It's $500 a week, which is like, that's cheaper than a nanny. A nanny for the whole day is is more than that.
Speaker: Yeah. Yeah. so So if you put it that way. It's cheaper. But that's why they do it, I guess, is to not have. I don't think that's the only reason. i mean I think it's the formality of it and the and that it's contained. Like, there's a lot of reasons, you know.
Speaker: But – and also not having to employ someone personally. Like, having the person in between is, like – No, that's the thing. People want the impersonal experience. think parents want that, too. That's the thing. That's why they're like, why are you talking to They don't have to the reality. see. I know.
Speaker: I'm just starting to have feelings, I guess. It's that time of the month when the feelings come flooding back. Well, we'll report back. We'll report back, right?
Speaker: Yeah, we'll report back.
