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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oy, I just keep thinking about the burden these extra hours are going to put on families. The though of one spouse listening to book on tape for an hour on the metro while kids are in longer extra care, the other spouse is left doing the kid shuttle, cooking, homework, bath routine.  WAH was really good for families who were able to do it.[/quote]

One spouse can get a different kind of job.[/quote]

My spouse and I have this split. From 5:30-7:30 I’m home with three children under 6 by myself. I make a few different dinners for the kids by myself while diligently entertaining an 18 month old so she doesn’t color on the couch, helping my kindergartner with homework (she has reading, writing composition, and math homework nightly - she’s in private), and trying to get my three year old to practice her speech homework with me. They have dinner, I clean up and feed our dogs, then it is upstairs for brushing teeth and washing faces before we get clothes out for the next day and choose bed time books. I usually nurse my 18 month old and put her down after we read a few books while my husband reads to and pits our older children to bed. The goal is everyone is in bed by 8, but it is usually closer to 8:15. We have dinner (usually eggs or oatmeal or something easy) at 8:30 or 8:45 if I don’t have calls at night, which I do at least once a week. It puts a lot of pressure on both spouses. It’s exhausting working all day and then doing the nightly routine basically alone. I’m lucky that we have a full time nanny who gives the kids a bath every night before she leaves. My husband is in the office five days, so I’m hanging on to my remote job for as long as possible. The politicking required is a nightmare, but I get paid very well and we would struggle to manage if we both were in office five days. We are outside New York, so a standard commute to and from the City is an hour on the train minimum.[/quote]

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