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I, for one, would like it, and I think I'd like it more than my wife. My personality is well suited to being a stay at home parent. I like chaos, and I like working with my hands. Unfortunately, there's not a lot of reduced-hour programming jobs, and our financial situation isn't such that one of us can be full-time stay-at-home.

Another thing is that it's awkard for breast-feeding women to be away from their babies for long times, and formula comes with its own set of problems.



> Another thing is that it's awkard for breast-feeding women to be away from their babies for long times, and formula comes with its own set of problems.

True. But it is a short period.


You can do consulting part time, or go indie, then you can work as much or as little as you want. As a programmer you really have a lot of options.

Or adjust your lifestyle to not need to earn so much.

If you really want to stay home, there's probably a way to make it work.




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