J.D. Robb discussion

This JD Robb Futuristic circumstances (along with the LC) is interesting to me, in some respects it is indicative of Foster Care, yet is broader.

What do you think of it & do you think it is a 'viable' option in present day world!?

I genuinely wanna know, so please help me 'Unp!ug' by joining this In Death conversation.

Not understanding the connection to foster care as these are married women who’ve opted to be stay-at-home mothers and receive a paycheck for doing so.

While I think the idea is fabulous, I’m curious as to the source of funding. Maybe it comes from a specific tax allocation.

In the "Foster Care" system they receive a stipend for the children in their care, which the "stipend" is the similarity, I refer to.

& the status (prof. parent) in the books is not relegated for the "married" nor is it solely for "women!"

Perhaps it comes from tax haven stashes!🤭😄

My license plate holder says: "I Didn't Retire, I'm a Professional Grandma"

I like the idea of women who stay home with their children get paid for doing so.

Anita wrote: "My license plate holder says: "I Didn't Retire, I'm a Professional Grandma"

Awesome, I am a GG (Gorgeous Grandma) myself & it is the STUFF!!!

I like the idea of women who stay home with their children get paid for doing so."

Children are our most valuable resource and being there for them should be a priority. Perhaps if we compensated "parenting" people would value it & be there 100%. Just saw a man on Steve Harvey who has had to be the "stay at home" & although he got a lesson in thinking

"My wife had it cushy...." he's ready to go back to work and leave the children in care!

I love being the before and after school care and limo service for my grandkids. I also get them from school when they are sick and get to give extra Grammy Love on those days. I wouldn't go back to the professional world for any amount of money.

Anita wrote: "I love being the before and after school care and limo service for my grandkids. I also get them from school when they are sick and get to give extra Grammy Love on those days. I wouldn't go back t..."

That is the Life, been living similar - my eldest grandson is Autistic & (long story made short) have been with him since 1 1/2 but time to move forward (so my daughter thinks, yet!!!) Not looking forward to pulling another Reinvent Yourself😕

I am with you Anita, I also get them when they are sick or out fro school and my daughter and son-in-law work. Love summer time

That's amazing that your grandkids are lucky enough to have you guys! I know I would have loved to have a personal limo service and after school love growing up.

Personally, I love the idea of the professional parent status. I love that it is not limited to an income bracket and is enough that parents can stay at home with their kids. I agree with you guys... I have no idea how it would be paid...

I love that it would give parents the ability to do what matters most: raise their kids right. And it gives credibility and recognition to the hardest job of all: being a mom and dad.

Unfortunately, I don't know how it would work. Our foster care and medicaid systems are broken, and as a NICU nurse, I see the broken parts of it too much. :( I don't know that simply have the means to stay at home with your kids would make people focus 100% on parenting. I think people would end up taking advantage of the system.

That being said, it's one of my reasons for loving the In Death series: I don't have to think about the whys or ways to make it work. I can simply enjoy the idea that in the future someone somewhere figured up a way, and things have changed. :) I still think it's a great idea.

Plus, there are other areas to be explored in the professional parent concept. Who knows, maybe JD has plans to do so in the future. She touched on fostering and professional parent status a bit with Eve's foster mom (terrible woman that she was). But other aspects: medically fragile children, special needs children, fostering, adoption, and biological - if the stipend/paycheck is all the same. As with anything that JD brings into the books with a futuristic/alternative concepts, it fascinates me and leaves so much to be explored!

Hannah wrote: "That's amazing that your grandkids are lucky enough to have you guys! I know I would have loved to have a personal limo service and after school love growing up.

Personally, I love the idea of the..."

Wow, Hannah you said - A lot & that's the "In Death Unplugged" conversation that I posted for!

My grandson was premature & so I have MUCH 💗 for the NICU and staff💋

I think about New Zealand (or is it Norway) and the resources available to their citizen's, I don't know how 'they' pay for it either yet

Eve's "Foster Mom" was a piece of work, for sure & I think JD does denote 'those' who abuse the system, yet more people than not Are Not gaming it.

I think if more parents "Stayed Home" they would appreciate - as you say

"...the hardest job of all.." & strive to do better by & for their children, but I tend to be 'optimistic!' 🙏 Thanks for the Good Conversation