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[quote=Anonymous]I love being a working mom. My kids are 9 and 12 so definitely easier. It of course depends on the situation. We've always had a lot of flex, and for the first several years we had nearby retired grandparents and that was HUGE. Neither of us have had jobs that required a lot of travel. I WFH a few days a week pre pandemic and that is huge. I can't imagine commuting 5 days a week and I don't think either of us ever will again.

Things change. When they are younger and you have daycare or a nanny the schedule is clearer, but it is harder to WFH on a sick day. When they are older, the schedule is more complicated but they can more easily carpool to soccer etc. and they are busy after school doing their own things, so it's a mix.

We outsource a lot of our yard care and housecleaning (less frequent housecleaning during the pandemic because it's a pain but still having someone come every 6 weeks or so). We now do grocery delivery and neither of us are commuting so that makes it easier. I don't think I'll ever go back to regularly working in an office frankly, and I think DH will have regular WFH days when things go back to "normal" so that will be easier. [/quote]

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