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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read the article quickly yesterday. From what I recall, I think the author missed the boat by not mentioning the reason many two-income families, including mine, don't take summer vacations - the number of school days off. People have no leave left between illnesses and the many school breaks and days off. [/quote]

My kids are now teenagers, but those random days off from school used to stress me out so much.  Then I realized that, at the beginning of the school year, I just needed to take PTO on those days, and be content with the situation.  No need to stress about random days off from school, when they can be predicated/anticipated.

Also, one way we dealt with limited PTO -- my husband and I each took separate vacations with the kids.  The kids got 2 vacations out of it.  Sometimes we just went to visit family (which had the advantage of being cheap).  But we got through it.

Parenting is tough, and this is why it's handy to have a SAHP for the early years.  (We did not have a SAHP, but I hope that my kids will have that when they are parents in the future, as I think it is less stressful for the family.)  At least current parents of young children have WFH in some cases, which is a big advantage for families (IMHO).  I would have loved to pick up my kids from school when they were younger, but I was at work.  Now that my job is mostly remove (lawyer), I can WFH most days, and it's nice for the family (better dinner offerings at a minimum).[/quote]

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