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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Could you do a couple weekday evenings instead? Working 24 hours every weekend isn’t very family friendly. Before and after school time is full of getting ready, getting dinner, cleaning up etc. Do you ever go out or do fun things with your older son? It seems he just gets the drudgery hours and bedtimes - none of which are fun for kids.

I am also not sure why you say your husband isn’t hands on and doesn’t do kid related things or house things when he solo parents all weekend every weekend. He must be making them food - does he just leave all the dishes for you?

Most people would resent their spouse disappearing to work every weekend.[/quote]

Agree, especially with the first paragraph. It seems like most of your interactions with your older kid are you telling him to do his HW, brush his teeth, go to bed, whereas he assumes you have a lot more "fun time" with the younger one. It's not just about how much time each parent spends parenting vs doing paid work, but also about how that time is spent. If there's any way to keep at least one weekend day free of work that would probably make a big difference to your kid. (And I hope I'd say the same thing is this was a dad posting.) As others noted, it also depends on how long this arrangement will last eg what will happen when younger kid starts school.[/quote]

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