Literally none. I live a thousand miles from the nearest relative, and we can’t afford sitters in the area where we rent. It would cost more to put two kids in daycare here than I can make in a year, so that would be absurd. So I work from home and watch the kids. Every single day.

I was glad to see this post as I’d been thinking that these people are getting a lot of help! My wife gave up her career as a teacher in order to stay home and be a mom for our kids. That’s our privilege, as not everybody can afford to get by on one income, especially in Southern California. But it’s a significant…

We moved from an expensive to a more expensive city to be near grandparents, one of whom fortunately only works part time. Still have them coming by to help out once a week, and occasionally will take our little guy overnight. Wife is about to start full-time work, so that will mean full time daycare and maybe…

Ugh. I feel you. I have a 1.5 yo that I stay at home with most days while my wife works. Thankfully her company has grown recently to be point tha se could secure full-time work with professional pay. I am fortunate enough to be in a very rarified field and work as a consultant enough to supplement our income nicely.…

Wow, this thread is so helpful. I just found out we are pregnant with twins. My husband and I live in an area with a very high standard of living but we work very specialized jobs (in the ski industry) so relocation is not much of a prospect. We had everything planned to a T, and finding out that we are having twins…

For new directions, I’d suggest looking at various subcultures and novel families. For example, haredi families generally have at least six kids and the mother works (traditionally, the mother was the breadwinner, with the Cult of Domesticity passing Jews by, while the father studied torah 80 hours a week, but…

I work IT for the gov’t; wife works at home for a healthcare corporation. My son is 10 and attends a private school (mainly and only because a) it’s actually pretty affordable and b) the local schools SUCK lol). Wife and I are both pretty active in our church; I do side work for my son’s school; and there’s other…

My wife and I are both full-time, plus substantial commutes, and I work a 2nd job as a DJ. So our 5yo goes to kindergarten with before- and after-care. While one set of grandparents are close (30 mins), they travel a lot and rarely babysit. We haven’t been able to make friends with other parents of my sons classmates…

Honestly, WTF with these stupid “This how I Parent” Bullshit articles. Come on Michelle, you have to admit it’s complete garbage. You interview someone that’s a PART TIME parent working full time with a nanny. “I use What’s Up and Slack ...”. Right. Guess what me too.

Preface: I live in Portland, OR. I used to live in Cedar Hills in Beaverton.

Pretty sure Amazon is sending an AI robot to find you now.

When I’m putting away laundry, I just want to be done. I don’t really want to make an artsy-fartsy project out of it. Match a pair, stack them, fold down the leg-end of one over both of them. Bam. Done. Cram them into the sock drawer. Is the drawer a little chaotic that way? Yes, yes it is. It’s glorious!

Fold??? Admittedly the “stack” method doesn’t work if you have a lot of variety in your socks, but this is what I do. Pick the top two from the stack you want and you’re done. I have a few more sock stacks in the closet, but I rarely use them.

If you are that much of a sock whore that you need to implement a new folding system to keep your multiple styled socks in order, you have bigger problems. Aint no body got time for that!

Best? I think not.