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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Recently a few of my friends have quit their jobs to SAH with elementary aged kids. We're not there yet (my oldest is 3) but they tell me that with activities and homework (plus all the random days off and half days), having kids gets more stressful as they get older and it is hard to get everything done smoothly with two full time jobs. I was surprised to hear this because I thought it would get better not worse! lol

Is this common? Did you find that it got harder in this way?[/quote]

No, I don't think it's harder at all. Our preschool also had professional days off etc. The only real difference is activities plus homework. We have two kids and limit them them to two after school activities each per week.  They do some homework in aftercare, some at home in the evenings (usually while I cook dinner, so I'm right there if they have questions) and on weekends.  It's totally doable and much better now that they're more independent and can do a few chores.  I think travel sports would be a killer--the logistics would not be possible for us (fortunately our kids are not gung ho)--but otherwise we find life much better with two in ES.[/quote]

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