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Anonymous wrote:I am already a SAHM but this has definitely quashed any thoughts I may have had of returning to work any time soon. My kids are early elementary and DH and I have been very thankful I’m not juggling working at home like he is.
Funny, I'm having the opposite experience as a working mom. My 2 kids are 8 and 11, and I have so.much.time. in this pandemic. I was WFH 2x a week before all this, so now I have like 5 hours a week non commute back. DH was going in most days, so he has like four hours non commute time back. We didn't travel a lot, but obviously now, all trips have been canceled for both of us. Normally this time of year, we would have two kids doing sports, so those hours of practice and games and organizing etc. have gone. I'd be doing the school fundraiser and going to PTA meetings, and that has stopped. I'd be volunteering at school, going on field trips, and those are off the table now. We have no social engagements taking up our weekends. We are now having most groceries delivered. Instead of driving to barre or yoga I'm doing them on zoom.
House cleaning is the ONE category where I suppose we were doing less of before this, since we are not having our 2x cleaning crew come. But overall, we have TONS more hours available to us. With online learning and kids old enough to read, play, etc on their own, we've found we've had a lot less to juggle since all of this.
Not judging whether people work or stay home, but I honestly am puzzled that people with older kids would find this time more trying in terms of juggling (I get why it is frustrating for other reasons). Maybe since I was WFH so much before it was easier to adapt? But I definitely wouldn't call it a juggle.
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