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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was furlowed during covid and it was the best time of my life....... Ideally I would work about 15 to 20 hours a week because I think that would be a great balance of outside of the housework time and a great amount of time with the kids[/quote]

Yes. I do this - i stayed home with both kids for 1 year, and then worked 15 ish hours, bumped up to about 20 now (I'm a writer and make my own schedule). It's truly perfect -- I have work to make my life interesting and bring in a bit of my own money, i have plenty of time with the kids, I can knock out some household tasks during the week, I can be with them on the (many!) days off from school during the school year, I don't have to send them to camps all summer. I've even managed to be somewhat successful and looking at my resume, you wouldn't necessarily know that I work so few hours. My products are public and people have no idea how long they take to accomplish. For example, I wrote a book in a couple years with 15 hours/week of childcare.

Every once and I while I consider applying for a full-time job, but our life would get much harder. I'm sure we could do it, and many many people do, but we don't have to. [/quote]

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