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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you guys know any families whose life balance you particularly admire?

Both parents working 30 hour jobs would be just about right, maybe.

Or two teachers who would have the same school holidays as the kids.[/quote]

My neighbors. Mum is a part time lawyer who changes her work days to suit her kids' schedule and dad is a full time doctor but schedules his hours so he is home when his kids are home. His schedule is something like
Mon-6-2
Tues-2-9
Wed-6-2
Thurs-off 
Friday -6-3
Sat-6-1

For us, my husband works full time at home in his own business so he is very flexible. I just went back to work after 3 years off. My job was kept open and they employed a contractor for 3 years who stayed with the organization afterwards in another department. I work from 7:30 to 3:30. I have decided though, to scale down to part time next year. [/quote]

This is similar to my schedule. The enticement in taking my current job are the 7-3pm hours. My husband works 3-11 in a nearby office.
The schedule has helped cut down on childcare costs and we both get to spend time with the kids. 
The trade off? We have to focus couple and family time on the weekends.
Also, we haven't gone for promotions that would alter this schedule and can't volunteer for those career boosting extra overtime assignments. [/quote]

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