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Originally Posted by FireFly
I don't think there's a one size fits all answer to this question. It depends on how busy your family is and what you value for involvement.
For example, perhaps some of these stay-at-home parents volunteer a lot, are on the Boards of all their kids activities, members of the PTA, etc. All of those things take time. It's not just about maintaining the physical household, it's about maintaining your family's lifestyle and whatever that entails as well.
The biggest problem is that people seem to undervalue the other things that a proper homemaker does.
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I hate to sound like a whiner, but sometimes I think the opposite is true. I have a good job that allows us to have one parent at home. With a well paying job comes high stress.
It feels like sometimes the societal expectation is the parent who worked all day should now come home and take over the homemaker job, so the homemaker from 8-4 can rest. Don't forget weekends.
When does the working parent rest?