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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have three young children and I SAH. I take care of everything kid-related. I pick the extra-curriculars, help them with their homework, drop-off/pick-up, schedule playdates, buy clothes, do laundry, grocery shop, clean, bathe the kids, get their vaccines, etc. My DH has never even met their pediatrician and definitely doesn’t know their clothing sizes. I pack his lunch and he comes home to a clean house, homework finished, fed - and bathed kids, and plays with them for an hour before dinner. I don’t mind it at all. I like a clean house and my children are happy.[b] But if I had to work and do this? No way.[/b] Emotional labor literally didn’t exist before women worked full-time outside of the home. It was literally just “being a mom”.[/quote]

This is the kicker - and it's made even more difficult because when you work FT outside of the home, you also have to find/hire/pay childcare as well as coordinate all the kids' schedules with parents or babysitters to make the appointments happen. I remember my boss being shocked that I wasn't coming into work because school was cancelled for a snow day. He literally had never dealt with a snow day in his life (other than shoveling and commuting) because his wife stayed at home with the kids. This was in the early 2000s.[/quote]

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