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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always find it bizarre when women boast about how their husbands never stay home with sick kids so they can prioritize career. The women seem openly proud about how they’ve enabled their husbands to be bad fathers. I genuinely never know how to respond when I hear someone talking about that. [/quote]

I think they're explaining more than bragging. It's hard to find a really high earning job that also allows for a lot of flexibility and unplanned remote work. They're not bad dads for letting the SAHM or default parent stay home with sick kids. This is usually what it takes to earn a lot of money.

I'm a little jealous and wish that I picked a high-earning husband and I could have stayed home with kids the whole time. Plus had money to outsource to make everyone's lives easier. Of all the combinations, high earning DH with SAHM seems like the best to me.[/quote]

They are bad dads. Money doesn’t make up for a lack of parenting effort on their part. And this isn’t a universal high-earner thing. There are plenty of high-earning fathers who also take sick time to care for sick children, because it is a priority for them. The ones who don’t have made that choice about their parenting priorities.

You don’t want a hands-off, checked-out father for your children. Don’t wish for that. The money doesn’t make up for the emotional absence. [/quote]

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