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[quote=Anonymous]Oh honey - I am same age with same aged kids!  What's really helped me is WFH.  I spend the first 30-60 min daily being the family manager whether it's planning/emailing/school or house follow ups.  Kids both in private.  DH also WFH 4 days and no travel.  He is very much my partner.  One of our kids has learning disabilities requiring a lot if extra work - pray tutoring + our help.

We order out a lot for dinners easy stuff like chipotle or popoyes for kids.  DH and I just do whatever.  We have a house cleaner every wk.  honestly I have no prob with laundry but it is the mental stuff like homework, planning vacations and such, carpooling and weekend club sports activities that kill me.

It's gotten better in terms of having a structured approach of a set time to deal with all this - try that.  Can't help you on the carpool front but it has gotten better for me.  Working in a less stressful individual contributor role is a big plus.

I think as parents it's just par for the course.  But you're not alone and I think those who say they aren't impacted by kid stuff at these ages are lying!!![/quote]

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