Ask HN: How do you balance being a dual-income household with a baby?
For background, my spouse and I both work. We never considered one of us being a stay-at-home parent since we both need the feeling of accomplishment that comes with working and put a lot into building our careers. And thankfully, our jobs are understanding when we have to leave early or stay home because our young daughter is sick, daycare is closed unexpectedly, etc. However, we always end up feeling guilty about it and worry their patience will wear thin soon. Additionally, it seems like we only have enough time to barely keep our heads above water at home, never mind be able to enjoy the few hours a day we get with our daughter. (We haven't cleaned our house or mowed our lawn in over a month, and only read to her 2 or 3 times a week.) Life feels like one long, never ending to-do list where we can never perform well in any area of our life (work, being parents, home, etc), and we
Why it failed
For background, my spouse and I both work. We never considered one of us being a stay-at-home parent since we both need the feeling of accomplishment that comes with working and put a lot into building our careers. And thankfully, our jobs are understanding when we have to leave
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- mh5
- Ended
- 2014
- Source
- hackernews