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I agree. So many working parents are checked out of reality. I was. So tired coming home and only having 2 hours with all 3 kids wanting attention. And all I wanted was dinner because I barely ate all day and spent an hour in traffic and was late for soccer pick up. There wasn't enough time in the day to get a handle on who was doing what, who is struggling, truly investing time to each. Now we have family dinners, I am more relaxed and listen to them. Bedtime is much nicer too. It isn't for everyone. Some people think raising your kids is lame and gladly outsource it. But they wouldn't be happy at home anyway.[/quote]

That's a terrible thing to say.  I would imagine that very few people think raising their kids is "lame" and "gladly" outsource it.  Some families need two incomes.  I am lucky to have a very flexible (albeit rather dull) job that lets me WAH three days a week and only go into the office 2 days.  I don't feel "checked out of reality."  But the fact is that my kids are in school from 8-3 each day, do a sport or afterschool club most other days (their choice, because we have local family who can pick them up and take them home if we need, or drive them to an activity), and we have dinner together 5 out of 7 nights a week.  [/quote]

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