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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone is talking strictly about time here. As someone who used to have a “big job” and is married to someone who still does, I think the bigger issue is stress, mental energy, exhaustion, and patience.[/quote]

Agreed, those are issues.  I'm the PP who outsources - this allows me to not add to the stress, mental energy, etc. that my job requires.  It lets me be perfectly content to play a game of War (the infinite card game) that lasts an hour when I'm home because I don't have anything else I need to do.  I try very hard to leave work at work (not always possible when in a client-related field - I'm a lawyer).  Also, having a full-time nanny lets us sleep in sometimes and wake up with the kids because she will take them to school (we can still get them dressed and have breakfast and can then worry about ourselves).  Of course, we're not perfect, and we do let work stress/exhaustion affect us sometimes, but not having to start a meal from scratch after a horrible day at work makes it easier to just spend happy time with the kids.  [/quote]

You also have to be ok with spending a lot less time with your kids, even if you feel the one or two hours you see them a day is all quality time,.  Most upper income families I know outsource all the things you do, except childcare, at least to the same degree.  It sound like your situation works well for you, many parents just want more time with their kids (kids are fine either way, as long as childcare is good)..  Everyone needs to do works best for them.[/quote]

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