Having Children... Need advice!

Don't worry - the title's not what you think it's about.

After a small run of bad (and just plain creepy) luck, Britt had to depart Sicily suddenly and is now somewhere outside of Rome. At least that's where I think she is.

Get this - in exchange for room and board at this new place, she has turned into a full-fledged domestic servant! She agreed to washing dishes, preparing lunch, ironing, taking care of the cat/dog/ponies and, surprisingly enough, taking care of her host couple's young daughter "Emilie".

That's right - Britt's a nanny!

She'll be doing this from now until Dec 21 or so. Can she do it? I hope she can - having a free place to stay over Christmas for the two of us would be sweet.

Alas, she has already run into troubles. I received a text message from her earlier this morning informing me that she "is never having children!!!" (the exclamation marks are hers). Now, I don't have too much information however I assume this is in response to having to deal with a very troublesome toddler.

Poor girl.

Wanna help!? Feel free to post advice for Britt on how to deal with raising children in the comments section!

Steve

And on a related note, check out this article from the globe and mail yesterday on the results of spineless parenting here.