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[quote=Anonymous]I think it's a very valid reason to drop out of the workforce. If you don't need more money and your family is happy with you home, then that's great!

What's hard though is when women whose HHI is less than 100k drop out, the entire family struggles for money and have trouble saving for the future or current issues.

DH and I each make 125k. It's not enough for one of us to stay home. But we wish that one of us could work part time. We are STRUGGLING with school and daycare closures. Our house is tiny, so a nanny doesn't make sense either. DH and I both are so incredibly happy with our jobs too; we've found that the less well paid roles (which would mean less hours and easier work) were not fulfilling. We were constantly screamed at or micromanaged, but as we climbed the ranks- job satisfaction went way up. So that's another reason it's hard to cut back.

Life with kids is hard right now. There's not any easy solutions floating around out there unless you can throw a lot of money at them. I have my grandma's journals and they were very interesting. She had 5 kids (spaced 3-5 years apart). She spent the majority of her days playing cards (3 full days a week), shopping, getting her hair done (took half a day weekly) and then cleaning. Her husband was a tradesman who was a master tradesman soon after marriage, so not a high paying job, just a middle class one.  What's missing from my grandma's life? So much focus on kids. Kids walked to school from K onwards. Schools never closed unless if there was a true blizzard and the power went out. Kids athletics were tied to the school and they'd do them after school. It didn't require parents driving them. Kids could play outside together without someone calling CPS. My mom had a lot of paid activities, but she rode her bike to them all- girl scouts, swim lessons, swim team, dance.  [/quote]

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