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[quote=Anonymous]I'll be the voice of dissent, and say that if you love your work, it's doable, although it can be stressful, and require a somewhat flexible job.

I have four kids ages 14, 14, 11, 6 and have worked full time. We don't have a nanny or really any help, and never have except when our twins were little and they would go to MIL's house twice a week.

Thankfully, I WFH, and my job is flexible in that most of the time, if a kid is sick, I can work while having a kid home with me, leave for a few minutes to pick up kids, take time off for dr's appts, etc.

DH also WFH but for himself, and in some ways has less flexibility, but still is able to help some of the time.

We may order takeout more than if one of us stayed home or our house may not be perfectly clean. But, I'm not sure if one of us SAH it would be that much better. If anything, what I wish that I could do is drop down in hours to like 30 hours/week to give me extra time, but it's not possible with where I'm at in my career right now.[/quote]

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