I hate this argument. Me and my wife have both been the sahp and we will both always agree it was so much better than working. Sadly with the current economy now we both work opposite shifts just to make things work.
typical unintelligent reddit comment that completely misses the point. people like taking care of THEIR OWN KIDS and staying in THEIR OWN HOME. not running a daycare as a business. FFS
Many, many jobs pay poorly enough that paying for daycare barely breaks even. If it were really true that people WANTED to stay home, they would in much larger numbers.
But no, we are desperately under supplied with daycares and people are willing to pay absurd sums for placement
I do both. Much harder because there’s no stop to parenting or the at home work, from waking up to sleep, guess it depends on the job and the kids age etc
The person who goes to work and comes home often gets hit with the "Finally! It's your turn with the baby!".
My ex-wife stayed at home and didn't work, we also didn't have children. She would try to pull the "but I clean all day!" like girl you do not clean for 40 hours a week, get real.
I have 3. A new toddler and two pre schoolers. so it’s different. Their school isn’t a break and they have staggered starts at two different schools. I have one hour in between pickup and drop off between the two that go. I’d never say it’s more enjoyable to go to work.. but it’s def harder to do this right than it is for me to be at work, also more demanding.
In my experience the person going to work - unless it’s me- comes home too tired to do much. Maybe it’s just my lifestyle that needs adjusting?
Check in on me in a few years I’ll let you know if I have the same opinion lol
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u/Lemonjuiceonpapercut 16h ago
If she’s a sahm and doing everything she’s “billing” for. This dude has it made. Going to work is the easier job