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[quote=Anonymous]2 kids (6 and 9)... this time of year both play soccer and baseball, in addition to music or art lessons, etc. M-F it feels like every day from pickup (330p) to dinner (630p) is kid logistics (pickup/snack/homework/activities/playdates/etc.)

Once dinner hits we often switch off nights, one parent might have a work/civic/personal meeting, or just need some downtime for themselves, etc. The other parent can handle the post-dinner hangout and bedtime routines.

Weekends are a blend of kid activities (sports games mostly) and family activities. Sometimes we need to do 1-parent/1-child splits, but most of it we do altogether, and again if one parent has something personal they want to do (brunch with a friend, etc.) we're usually able to work that out as well... the other parent can take the kids out for a meal, shopping/run errands, play at the park, etc.

When the kids were younger (sub-5) it was tougher to single-parent for an afternoon, so we didn't have as much ability/desire to take individual personal time... or if we did, it was in the format of the other parent doing a group playdate at a family friend's house.

3 kids certainly seems like it would be more of a challenge, but my guess it is has a bit more to do with the 3-year-old probably needing a lot of attention/monitoring and not yet being as independent (especially for bathroom breaks, etc.) than it does the total number of kids. Every family is different, but IMO 10/8/5 seems a much more promising prospect for being able to tag-team some single-parenting duties (and thus have some personal time in the schedule) than 8/6/3 does... hang in there![/quote]

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