[presently no screen name]

What you wrote applies to all married couplles filing jointly and PAY into the system. So there is no difference there - other than TWO are paying and not ONE.

Plenty of woman work when their kids become school age - lots of drama - shifting shedules, etc. but it’s done.

Don’t imply those working outside the home don’t do more work in LESS TIME than those who don’t work outside the home! Been on both sides of the fence, I can’t be conned, I know the deal.

[TNdandelion]

"Plenty of woman work when their kids become school age - lots of drama - shifting shedules, etc. but it’s done. Don’t imply those working outside the home don’t do more work in LESS TIME than those who don’t work outside the home! Been on both sides of the fence, I can’t be conned, I know the deal."

Yes, they do. And many of their children are the ones running wild around the neighborhood between the hours of 3pm-7pm when school lets out and their parents come home from work. The fire dept was at one such house just 2 weeks ago when the oldest (11yrs) turned on the oven to cook something and caught something in the oven on fire. We've also got a great after-school GANG initiation program for the kids who are really lonely.

[Anima Mundi]

“Don’t imply those working outside the home don’t do more work in LESS TIME than those who don’t work outside the home! Been on both sides of the fence, I can’t be conned, I know the deal.”
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I don’t think a blanket statement works here. Probably more likely that SOME working outside the home do more work in less time than SOME who don’t, and SOME staying at home do more work in less time than SOME who work outide the home. Consider that there are all sorts of situations.Many of the stay at home moms are organizing, volunteering in the classroom, being the support or go-to person in the neighborhood and many other sorts of things which are definitely work and not play. Others do the minimum. Same with working moms. Some have demanding jobs and are tied to a desk, others have more flexible situations, others don’t have to work very much at their work and just want to work in order to get away from the work of child-rearing and be around grown-ups to have a social life. There are countless situations which make it sketchy to make a blanket statement that women who work outside the home do more work in less time.