I was the stay-at-home parent to three boys for four years.
Was it hard? No, not really. My wife and I decided that WE were going to raise our kids. For those four years or so, my wife worked close to full-time hours while I took care of the kids and studied production accounting part time.
Now, I work M-F full time, and my wife works most weekends. While on domestic duties, I was never very good at hard-core housecleaning, but I (very) gradually became a whiz at meals, doing homework with the kids and laundry.
Looking back, it was rewarding: I have a relationship with my kids that is light years ahead of the relationship I had with my father.
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