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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds very lazy to quit working to stay at home once your children don't require childcare during the day because they're in school. Is that your actual plan? I don't know anyone who does/did that. [/quote]

Serious question, how do you handle sick days and snow days?  I also work part-time like the pp.  Just this morning my dd woke up with pinkeye.  We have no family in the area, and dh’s job is fairly inflexible.  I don’t know how we’d manage if I also had an inflexible position. [/quote]

NP.  I would have a job with this level of inflexibility and would hope my partner didn't either. Does your husband not have sick days?  We generally trade off taking sick days.  Snow days I'm supposed to work from home, so basically I'm not as productive because there's a toddler who needs attention. I have been honest with my boss that this is what happens.  She is fine with it since this happens like 4 time a year and I am very productive al the other days of the year. [/quote]

Same.

Also, what magical land do you live in that "local family" would handle all sick and snow days?  I would never ask my 70-something parents to drive in snow and/or expose themselves to myriad illnesses unless I *really* needed the help.  This idea that extended family are a work-life panacea just doesn't hold water.  Even if they live close, it presumes a level of health, temperament, and availability that many extended family just don't have.  I certainly don't.[/quote]

Great, you have a flexible job and don't need local family.  Some people have inflexible jobs and family that can help.  Different families have different circumstances.  Yippee.[/quote]

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