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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The dual working parent life is insane unless you have:
1) One parent with an extremely flexible or preferably part-time jobs
2) Heavy involvement from grandparents
3) A nanny who also helps with housework

I am fortunate to have all three but if I didn’t have at least one, I would quit. I know plenty of people in my area (Howard County) living on one income. They stopped at one kid and they’re doing just fine.[/quote]

That’s lovely but we managed before COVID without any on your list, but we had the related element of very flexible schedules (one started early and other did drop off, then switch for pickup / working late). I think part of it is we have MORE meetings which means the 3pm departure time used before is now booked till 5pm.

And honestly, waking up as early as I did before is much harder; I haven’t slept well since the literal nightmare phase of the pandemic (remember when everyone was having nightmares — a bunch of friends from college corroborated that)[/quote]

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