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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Option C- DW quits her job and becomes a SAHM, managing everything.

We chose two "less stressful" jobs that paid $160-200k and it's awful. We're both stressed out and can't make it to kid events. Per the new administration, neither of us has any telework whatsoever, so every kid sick day, snow day and doctor's appts is a massive struggle. Previously I would just take the kid to an appt and then work later and now I'm unable to do that, basically I have to take the whole day off now. I think to have a less stressful job you have to go down to 100k or less, but that wouldn't pay the bills.[/quote]

The two less stressful jobs can work well though - it’s just that right now sucks if both those are Fed jobs. My DH and I raised our kids this way and it was stressful sometimes, yes, but u do think the benefit is that there is no default parent in our house. We each have household chores we split into each of our domains but the parenting was really a team effort and we had a lot of family time - dinner every night, never missed kid events, and so forth.[/quote]

I’n curious were one if you teleworking?  Because if both work 8-9 hours days with commute, its 10 hours away from home. So one can go in early and pickup at 4 or so and do dinner and activities, but the spouse doing drop off wont be home tull 6 or 7 (our elementary starts at 9am for instance).

Did you have your kids in SACC for long periods (before and after school?) . Nanny? Grandparents?

The breadwinner-sahm model is best, but you have to pick a DH with that career trajectory which can not work out.  I thought my DH would be a tech money maker, but he ended up more like a character on the big bang. [/quote]

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