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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the ones stressing, hers an idea or two.

Run dishwasher at night right after dinner
Unload in the am while the kids are eating breakfast
Throw in a load of laundry after the dishwasher is unloaded.
Throw it into the dryer as soon as you get home

Total time: about 5 minutes every morning and night. [/quote]

Some people are really underestimating the time it takes to do household chores.   Those 4 chores take longer than 10 minutes total a day, especially if you are folding the laundry and washing pots and pans from cooking.  According to the BLS, household chores take about 3 1/2 hours a day. That is before you add in any time transporting kids to their activities etc.

http://www.bls.gov/tus/charts/household.htm

Nonetheless, I would have worked full-time had I only had one or two children, but having 3 kids in school with all sorts of activities plus a husband who travels for work made that too difficult.  I completely underestimated how hard it would be to work full time with a large family.[/quote]

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