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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Definitely harder, esp. if they are involved in a lot of activities or travel teams.  Our lives are still chaotic, but not as bad as trying to work around 2 full-time schedules.  A part-time gig during school hours would probably work, but knowing I have a couple hours of downtime during the day allows me to get a break before the kids get home and start all of their activities.  Most night I'm not home until 8 or 9 pm, [b]so my "work" day is divided between mornings (with errands, grocery shopping, etc.) and after school til bedtime.  I usually get a break from about 1 pm - 3 pm (although I'll do laundry and other small things around the house usually, but it's still a break[/b]).[/quote]

I'm so sorry, but I have to point out the lunacy of this.  Most kids start elementary school by 9am.  At a minimum (if your kids take the bus, you have even more time), you are filling 9am-1pm with errands and groceries?  You have 4 hours a day or 20 hours per week of grocery runs and errands?

I sincerely have no beef with staying at home with kids at any age.  But you have to keep it real people.  You're living an awesome life filled with a lot of leisure time.  Just call a spade a spade.[/quote]

NP here. I have a preschooler and elementary aged child so it is a little different but my preschool starts kindergarten this fall. I drop off the kids at school and I work out 4 out of 5 school days. When I worked, I used to grocery shop once a week and often produce would go bad. I threw out a lot of food. Now I grocery shop 2-3 times per week. I rotate stores and usually only buy food for 2-3 days at a time. I am not a great cook so I may go to Whole Foods or Wegmens to buy premade food for dinner. I volunteer at each of my children's school about once a week. I meet a friend and/or DH for lunch once a week.

I quit my job when my oldest was in kindergarten. K kicked my ass with like 15 snow days, 10 2 hour delays, random teacher work days on top of early dismissals and breaks. I was outsourcing out my entire life. I was scrambling to/from work and usually had work left when I got home. I was unhappy. I also felt like I was getting fat with no time to work out and no time for myself. My kids and marriage are much better after I quit my job.[/quote]

So, you stay at home to grocery shop more frequently and go to the gym, got it.[/quote]

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