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I am also a fed attorney, but I work an early schedule.

I think some of this is simply how you prioritize your family time.  My kids are older, but we have a sit down family dinner 6-7 times a week.  I say that with no judgment of people who do it differently.  There are many other aspects of my parenting that are an epic fail.  But for me, this is my "sacred" family time.  It is part of how I was raised.  It is harder in the sping when kids are going off to sports practices -- so sometimes a kid (or two) is missing, but we do our best.

For me, I like to feed our AP.  I'm cooking for 5 already, so cooking for 6 is easy.  She's sometimes bringing a kid home from sports, so this is just how it works for us.

When the kids were younger, our APs worked 45 hours per week with 3 young kids.  That is an EXHAUSTING job.  I've done it myself, and it is WAY more taxing (to me, anyway) than working at work.  So, I always felt like the least I could do was cook the poor girl a decent dinner at the end of the day.  Yes, I'm tired.  So is she.  It's all give and take, but I think it starts with being appreciative of the work your AP is doing.  We've had a few clunkers -- but in general, we've had mostly responsible, hardworking girls.

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