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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]you either find something that’s full time but also flexible/remote AND your DH uses some seniority to get some flexibility, WFH days, etc. or you stagger schedules so someone is 8-4 and home for the activity runs/dinner and the other one gets kids off in the morning. Or you get a lot of help, which likely means full time nanny given how many random no school days there are. [b]Without Nannies, many folks leave at 4/early and catch up after kids go to bed[/b]. [/quote]

This is my family.
DH and I both work full-time.  We have flexible work accommodations (hybrid in office only 1 or 2 days per week with relatively short commutes, allowed to work late at night from home, etc) and 2 DDs.  Older DD is elementary age and does aftercare during the school year for roughly 1.5 hours after school.  Younger DD is still in daycare.  We stagger our schedules as much as possible, and one of us (usually me) logs off by 4:30 each day then catches up on emails after the kids are in bed each night.  
Older DD does a series of day camps for roughly 6 weeks during summer, and we coordinate this with her friends as much as possible.  The other 4 summer weeks are either family vacation or me shifting my schedule to WFH while she hangs out around the house or with neighborhood friends.  We are fortunate to have a small group of similar families in our neighborhood, and the kids all are roughly the same age and play well together.
I handle all meal prep and do a fair bit of cooking on the weekend to have leftovers or easy heat and eat items during the week.  We usually do pizza and a movie on Fridays.  I broke down and hired monthly cleaners last year.  We have no local family and an occasional babysitter that we use once every 2-3 months or so to try to squeeze in a date night.  
Other "shortcuts" include grocery delivery, hiring help for occasional yard work, running laundry on my WFH days, and not overscheduling sports/extracurriculars.  But it is hectic, my job (while flexible) is more stressful than I'd prefer, and there's little to no time in there for myself to decompress.[/quote]

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