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[quote=Anonymous]My sister and I both have three kids. I am married to a high earner who works long hours and travels frequently and have stayed part time and flexibile in my work to cover everything kid related. I don’t think DH has ever made it to a parent-teacher conference or an orthodontist appointment for example, and I carry the mental load (bills, financial planning, trip planning, camps, etc). When he’s home he pitches in with cooking, school projects, driving kids, etc, but there are lots of times when I’m solo parenting. My sister and her husband on the other hand both make the same amount and both work 40hrs a week. They are home together in the evenings and on weekends and take turns with covering school holidays, kid appointments and sick days etc. While I’m envious of that shared parenting load, allowing one person to lean in at work has ultimately given our family over triple the income and at the end of the day having three kids is really expensive. Not feeling stressed about camps, braces, travel, extracurriculars, college etc, is worth the trade off from what I can see. [/quote]

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