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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok but maternity leave / newborn phase is just a shitshow for most people lol so I am not sure you can extrapolate that to SAH vs WOH in general.

Again I don’t doubt that staying at home with young children is more emotionally mentally and physically taxing (not to mention monotonous) than a normal 40 hour per week job where work  is left at the office, but I think for a lot of posters on DCUM, unless they have outsourced everything and/or have very involved family nearby, the average household where both parents work fairly demanding jobs makes WOH a more challenging struggle. Especially when kids are sick and/or these random cold delays, having to scramble for last minute care and rearrange schedules/meetings makes life infinitely more stressful, whereas if one parent SAH this would be a non issue. We have also been asked to travel on occasion on overlapping days - I have had to say no once or twice and we have flown in family to cover on two other occasions which is totally not sustainable but just trying to survive and advance at this point.

And then when your children are school age, there’s no way that it’s not easier staying at home.
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I stayed at home for the first 12 months with each of my older 2 children. It was not economically viable to stay at home with the 3rd. Staying at home was definitely easier.  I don't consider raising my own children to be 'work'. I really enjoyed my time at home with them. No, I did not have any help. No nanny, no babysitter, no relatives, nothing. What I did have was the opportunity to do everything at my own pace instead of rushing to get all of the household chores/meal prep/interaction done between 6pm and 11pm. I also had the opportunity to spend all of their waking hours with my kids. I could take them anywhere I wanted, we could do whatever we wanted. It was fantastic.  My job, on the other hand, well, it is what I need to do to pay the bills, but it is stressful and the environment is borderline hostile. I am pretty sure that if nothing changes, I won't live to retire from this. Thanks, economy! [/quote]

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