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Anonymous wrote:I can see why he's sad. That schedule would make me sad too. Can you move the double shift to one weekday so the whole family can spend Saturday together? That's what I would do. I work PT too but it's all during the weekdays.
Op here. Not possible right now. The FT person works 8-4 pm Monday - Friday. I think during the holidays it's been hard because they don't have activities. On both Saturday and Sunday, they have an activity..not soccer or anything like that which I would attend. I am off Friday and Sunday evenings starting from 4pm..i may get a nanny cam so I can interact with them from my phone when they are watching TV..I know they watch a lot of TV when I am away. I take them out more than dh so I think they like that
Can I ask why you're doing this? If you can't afford quality childcare, then that's understandable, and you need to be honest about that with your kid.
I posted earlier in the thread that I work Friday evenings. I do this for a couple of reasons. First of all, I get paid more. Secondly, that shift is available. Third, working 8-4 means that I can neither get my kids off to school nor pick them up, so I would have to hire someone to do that.
Fourth, I think it’s good for DH to have solo time with the kids. When I worked during the school day, he was never alone with the kids.
I don’t work on a school night because DH wouldn’t have the kids do homework, and he is hit or miss about remembering to take them to their activities.
I don’t think her schedule is terrible. I do agree with another poster that OP needs a babysitter for a few hours and a scheduled activity for the oldest on Saturdays.