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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I SAH for about 4 years and definitely agree that free time was not always a benefit (especially once naptime went away!), since if there's no money to outsource lawn care, house cleaning, special enrichment classes etc it's all on you to fill those roles.

But my kids loved going to the store with me when they were 2, so I'm not sure that's something I would avoid. I'd hand them things to put into the cart, we would check out the fresh flowers in the deli section and name the colors, and find so many new and different things to talk about.[/quote]

I felt that way too until Covid happened and I stopped taking my kid to the store. Then I discovered anew that grocery shopping without a 2 year old is much, much easier than doing it with one. I also don't mind taking my kids to the store and when I was a SAHM it could be a welcome distraction because they viewed it as a form of entertainment and I could get an errand done in the process. But the idea that grocery shopping with a small child is "leisure time" is deranged. It's not.[/quote]

I don't think anyone said it was leisure time per se to go shopping with a toddler.  It's just an example of how the flexibility of SAH gives you the ability to do the additional things that OP is claiming are impossible, because you can multitask. Additionally, may of us think it's actually more developmentally appropriate to spend some time out doing errands with babies/toddlers than sitting at home "enriching" them all day. [/quote]

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