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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My concern is if you’ll actually be happier. Life will still be busy. I’d worry that I would quit, give up the income and not be any happier.

Your problem isn’t your job. It’s that you have kids. Sorry not sorry.  [/quote]

Having kids is not a problem. In my case, my kids are my purpose and my career is a means to an end to give them the life I want them to have. [/quote]

In this case, you should quit.

There just seem to be a lot of women on forums questioning if they should quit their job. They are overwhelmed and over scheduled . The problem is kids and all the stuff you have to do for kids, especially with multiple kids. Even if you don’t work, you have to struggle to make dinner for kids and deal with transporting them to activities.

I’m just not sure that the actual job is the problem here. 
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Here’s the thing. A lot of people make these problems for themselves. You don’t HAVE to cook a fancy meal, you don’t HAVE to have your kids in a million activities, you don’t HAVE to have a perfectly clean and orderly house. If you let some of that keeping up with TikTok parenting nonsense you can have a much easier and happier life.

You can cook dinner WITH your kids. Teach them to cook, share family stories and recipes, teach your kids to do their own laundry and how to clean. They are capable way sooner than you all think. Take them on errands and engage with them. Teach them about shopping and choosing and budgeting. All these parts of life that everyone wants to outsource are actually just parenting things. Being a parent isn’t just enjoying each other. It’s getting to know them as they evolve. It’s teaching them things that are important for life. [/quote]

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