Sarah, Duchess of York Current Events 8: February-May 2007

[Skydragon]

The Shetland is gorgeous!

 

[iowabelle]

Sarah had Beatrice and Eugenie with her at Hearts & Hooves, and the princesses were featured picking up accidents. Now, that's the glamorous part of being a princess!

 

[iceflower]

The Shetland is gorgeous!

Plus, the shetland and Sarah made a great couple with that similar hairstyle! Well, no I'm joking of course Thanks
a lot for the two pics, Avalon, I wish we could also see some of Bea and Eugenie as well..

 

[iowabelle]

Sarah is scheduled to co-host The View on Tuesday.

 

[cowarth]

Rosie O'Donnell told Sarah Ferguson on The View that she had stopped talking to a close friend because she was sending her 13 year old son to boarding school in the fall. Sarah replied that boarding school previded a secure and stable environment for children to learn and grow. Rosie's response was, why even have children if you plan to send them off to boarding school. Sarah said that in the UK boys start boarding school at the age of 7. Sarah said that her daughters have attended boarding school since the age of 13, she can go visit her girls every day at school if she wants to see them. Rosie said she did not like the idea of boarding school because the children are not at home with there families and are being raised by strangers in a strange place.

 

[iowabelle]

Interesting that Rosie was so against boarding school. At the least, Andrew and Sarah would have had nannies (again, non-family members) playing major roles in raising the children, so what's the real difference?

 

[cowarth]

At least Andrew waited until the girls were in highschool before sending them to boarding school.

 

[Skydragon]

Rosie O'Donnell told Sarah Ferguson on The View that she had stopped talking to a close friend because she was sending her 13 year old son to boarding school in the fall.

How sad to fall out with someone because they are not living their life as you want them to! Most boarding schools offer more than state schools or home education, to most children.

At the least, Andrew and Sarah would have had nannies (again, non-family members) playing major roles in raising the children, so what's the real difference

Exactly, but most people are unable/unwilling to admit that their child was bought up with the help of the nanny.

 

[cowarth]

What is a nanny? All I know is that they look after your kids.

The one thing that I found odd, is when Sarah said she sent one girl to an all girls school, while the other one went to a co-ed school, both as full boarders.

 

[iowabelle]

My thought was, that had Andrew and Sarah remained married, their schedule would have been full of royal duties, with plenty of trips abroad.

As single parents, especially with Sarah travelling for her various enterprises, childcare would have been difficult without help (a nanny or some sort of regular minder).

It's my understanding that the girls went to different schools because they had different interests.

 

[cowarth]

A girls school seems so old fashioned to me.

 

[HRH Kimetha]

It's my understanding that the girls went to different schools because they had different interests.

That was my understanding as well. Eugenie, I read somewhere, was big on sports so opted for Marlborough because it had a concentration on sports.

 

[fanletizia]

Sarah fragrance launch

London Features International Ltd

 

[iceflower]

Here are a few bigger pics I wonder how succesful she'll be with this new idea and the products..
Sarah Ferguson attends the launch of Sarah, Duchess of York, Tea Collection at the Bath and Body Works flagship store on May 8, 2007 in New York City.

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[Iluvbertie]

A girls school seems so old fashioned to me.

A lot of parents choose an all girls school for their daughters because of the research that is regularly presented, certainly here in Australia, that girls learn better in an all girls environment while boys learn better with girls in the classroom

In the area where I teach we have quite a few schools and about half are single sex ones, with a preponderance of all girls over all boys. These single sex schools will include government run as well as private ones and often the single sex schools are near the partner one e.g. one all girls school is across the road from its brother school but the two schools are completely independent of each other.

 

[Skydragon]

What is a nanny? All I know is that they look after your kids.

A nanny does all the dirty work. When they are babes, they change the nappies, feed them (if using a bottle), dress them, wash them etc.

 

[cowarth]

A lot of parents choose an all girls school for their daughters because of the research that is regularly presented, certainly here in Australia, that girls learn better in an all girls environment while boys learn better with girls in the classroom

Do single sex schools give a warped view of the world? When these children leave school they will have to learn ALL OVER AGAIN how to mix with different types of people.

A nanny is a surogate mother. That is a HORRIBLE way to raise children.

 

[Iluvbertie]

Do single sex schools give a warped view of the world? When these children leave school they will have to learn ALL OVER AGAIN how to mix with different types of people.

No they don't - the schools are aware of the need for socialising with the other sex (these are the 'different types of people' I assume you are referring to). They don't have classes with the opposite sex (we also have quite a few boys only schools here).

Remember that William and Harry went to all boys schools and they don't seem to have any trouble mixing with girls do they?

A nanny is a surogate mother. That is a HORRIBLE way to raise children.[/quote]

Many wealthy people employ someone to help raise the children, particularly if they parents have really busy lives e.g. the Queen and other politicians.

At least the children have a constant figure in their lives, even if it isn't their parents. Children need to have someone there all the time for them - and a nanny, or a teacher or carer at a daycare centre can fill that role.

I see no difference between having a nanny and sending students to day care at age 3 months for up to 10 hours a day as many parents do.

 

[cowarth]

I see no difference between having a nanny and sending students to day care at age 3 months for up to 10 hours a day as many parents do.

That is very true, thank you for showing me a different perspective on nannies.

 

[HRH Kimetha]

A nanny is a surogate mother. That is a HORRIBLE way to raise children.

Actually, I wish that I had a nanny because they can become a best friend and someone that takes them to special places when mom or dad can't.

 

[Skydragon]

That is a HORRIBLE way to raise children.

Neither I nor any of my children seem to think so, I had a nanny, they had a nanny and now have nannies themselves. We all think it leaves the parents free to enjoy spending time together.

 

[sirhon11234]

I personally will never have a nanny for my future children. On christmas morning I wouldn't want my children to run to their nanny's room wishing her or him a happy christmas instead of me.

 

[Skydragon]

I personally will never have a nanny for my future children. On christmas morning I wouldn't want my children to run to their nanny's room wishing her or him a happy christmas instead of me.

We open our presents on the 24th, so we all get to see the excitement then, but if you want to be woken at 5 in the morning by over excited children, you are most welcome!

 

[sirhon11234]

It wouldn't bother me the slightest.

 

[cowarth]

Let me get this straight, in England, you have a nanny to help with your children when they are very young, then you place them in boarding school at the age of 7 to 18, only seeing them on holidays, then at 18 they are all grown up, having spent ALL of there lives with nannies or at boarding schools.

 

[kimebear]

Children know who their parents are and how much they are loved. There are parents who employ a nanny that spend a lot of quality time with their children and parents who don't that plop their kids in front of a television and ignore them. Your domestic help does not define your fitness as a parent.

 

[CATS]

For those so who are so against nannies, daycares, and/or boarding schools. Do you not send your kids to school for 7hours day, plus they have after school activities, homework, and supper. That leaves what maybe 3 hours before they go to bed. Is that quality time?

 

[HRH Kimetha]

Children know who their parents are and how much they are loved. There are parents who employ a nanny that spend a lot of quality time with their children and parents who don't that plop their kids in front of a television and ignore them. Your domestic help does not define your fitness as a parent.

You are so right about that.

 

[Elspeth]

I think we're getting a bit off topic here.

 

[jcbcode99]

If the parents have to work and need extra help, then a nanny is a whole lot better than a daycare center--in daycare there are so many children, they often do not receive any one-on-one time, whereas a nanny can provide a child with one-on-one time, extra help, and provide a sense of stability and security. I have never had my child in daycare, but I have employed the same sitter for almost five years now and she watches my son, Sterling, at least three times per week (twice during the weekday for four hours per day and once on the weekend for various times). Now that I am in graduate school, the time that Sterling spends with her will be increased, but he has a warm relationship with her and I wouldn't have it any other way.