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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Definitely harder, esp. if they are involved in a lot of activities or travel teams.  Our lives are still chaotic, but not as bad as trying to work around 2 full-time schedules.  A part-time gig during school hours would probably work, but knowing I have a couple hours of downtime during the day allows me to get a break before the kids get home and start all of their activities.  Most night I'm not home until 8 or 9 pm, [b]so my "work" day is divided between mornings (with errands, grocery shopping, etc.) and after school til bedtime.  I usually get a break from about 1 pm - 3 pm (although I'll do laundry and other small things around the house usually, but it's still a break[/b]).[/quote]

I'm so sorry, but I have to point out the lunacy of this.  Most kids start elementary school by 9am.  At a minimum (if your kids take the bus, you have even more time), you are filling 9am-1pm with errands and groceries?  You have 4 hours a day or 20 hours per week of grocery runs and errands?

I sincerely have no beef with staying at home with kids at any age.  But you have to keep it real people.  You're living an awesome life filled with a lot of leisure time.  Just call a spade a spade.[/quote]

I had the exact same thought.[/quote]
 I stay at home(kids in elem school) and work part-time as an artist and I agree completely. Who does errands 20 hours a week? I don't...

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Different poster. I have 2 kids. It is hard driving multiple kids to different activities after school. My busiest times are 3-7. I am not going to say it is harder than working. I do think it is harder than working with younger children in daycare where you only have to drop off and pick up. I think that is what the original thread is about.

I work out, run errands, get mani pedis, meet friends and DH for coffee and lunch. I probably spend 1 day per week watching tv (gasp!) while doing laundry. I run errands for DH sometimes. I was a stressed out working mom always feeling stretched too thin. I like our lives better now. Everyone is happier.[/quote]

If you are genuinely happy with that life, that's perfectly fine. But surely you can acknowledge that some of us want more from life then running errands, watching TV, and getting manicures, can't you?[/quote]

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