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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know only one SAHD and he’s genuinely a fantastic, involved, devoted father. His son is his whole world, they have little adventures, he takes great care of him. By any measure he is a wonderful parent.

And yet, on “make sure to register for gymnastics at exactly 9am” day, it’s his wife who has her act together to register— his wife the surgeon.

Who also buys their sons clothes. Who also keeps on top of his dermatological condition (though as a doctor perhaps that’s expected) who also buys the birthday gifts and organizes the weekend play dates.

I know of no SAHM whose spouse does the above. And so the reason they are judged harshly, I imagine, is because they’re just doing less. [/quote]

Ok but the examples you gave don’t suggest he’s doing less at all. Registering for camp? Buying clothing? That doesn’t happen daily or even monthly. Maybe the mom does weekend play dates while the SAHD does other stuff (wouldn’t a SAHM want some kid-free time on a weekend?). Being a SAHP doesn’t mean you do 100% of the kid and house stuff and the working parent does zero. The men I know who have SAH wives are still involved with their families and do things around the house, maybe just not your specific examples. [/quote]

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