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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You’re not a single parent. You don’t have to worry about earning money + looking after your children. I agree your dh sounds terrible but you are not having to be a single parent.

—SAHM[/quote]

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You are dividing and conquering. Single parents have it harder than majority of those situations where there are two working parents or 1 working & 1 SAH parents.

This does not mean that you do not have a perfectly good reason to be overwhelmed with providing childcare day in and day out. The solution is to either outsource some chores and childcare,  divvy up some work with DH, or come up with a  combination of both.

When I became a SAHM, I realized after a year or two that I needed help.  When I started to look for childcare it became clear that  I did not like the places that offered part time childcare and I did not want to put my child in a full time childcare either.  Eventually, we paid for a full time spot in a Montessori school, but used it for only a few hours a day. My child was going to school from 10 am (or 11 am) - 1 pm.   This allowed him to wake in a leisurely manner, have his breakfast, and then look forward to some play and learning with his friends at school.  These 2-3 three hours were fantastic for my child.  This was the best decision for us and the benefit of a Montessori education was reaped for many years after the experience.

I realize that we were in a situation that the cost of the Montessori education was affordable.

- Another SAHM.

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