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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not sustainable without a nanny or having kids in all day and extended day arrangements.  We’ve been trying it for 4 years with no help and I’m about to start winding down with a plan to stay home again. It’s sad that part time work arrangements seem almost impossible to find.  [/quote]

I’ve worked 8:30-5:30 for 25+ years. Drop kids at daycare or school and then picked them up for 20yrs. It is sustainable when you don’t have any other choice. Plenty of people do this every day. [/quote]

So your kids spent like 8-6 in childcare? I get it is sustainable (probably with some negative side effects) if you have no other choice, but I think most people (especially now that workplaces are offering more flexibility) do not aspire to this lifestyle.[b]And I especially can’t imagine kids of a former SAHM transitioning to this well. [/quote]  [/b]

Yes I did. They were in daycare from 8-6pm. I switched teaching jobs and then they were in before/aftercare from 7-5pm through ES. In MS and HS, they just hung out at school until I picked them up. There are many jobs where working from home is not a possibility.

And again, most people in this country do no have many choices. If I stayed home and my ex left me, I'd have to do this. The kids would have to adjust.[/quote]

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