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My husband and I have always viewed it as time spent ACTUALLY working is what matters. We have both out-earned each other over the years, but there are times when one of us is very busy with work or has travel or is generally stressed, so that's when the other person steps up. It doesn't matter who is contributing what to the joint checking account. My best friend is a teacher (but doesn't earn $100K!) and her husband has a desk job where he slightly out-earns her but works significantly less hard. He even comes home from work for an hour every day for lunch (they don't live in the DC area and his commute is under 10 minutes). But because his day ends at 5 pm and hers ends at 3 pm, she shoulders the majority of the kid-related tasks.[b] He could do 99% of the administrative stuff and actually could more easily take leave to do stuff but he doesn't.[/b] He grew up with a SAHM and his dad was always treated like the king so he thinks he's important even though he makes under $100K and works 1/100th as hard as she does. [/quote]

Or he could declare that all his tasks are necessary "needs" and questioning any particular one of them is "not the point".

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We get it, you think your kids should be self-sufficient from birth. You shouldn't have to lift a finger for them.[/quote]

Children need fully committed parents.

(I'll refer the strawman poster to what PP posted for a proper example of the fallacy.)

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