Oooh, that could be a controversial point of view.
I've done a fair bit of the stay-at-home dad thing and I found it HARD. There something unremitting about dealing with the demands of small children while trying to keep the house clean and food on the table (and while my office life was all about getting rid of repetitive tasks, stuff like cleaning and cooking just has to be done again and again, which I found very hard to deal with).
I used to look forward to the days I went to the office; they were like days off.
No, I would never say that "staying at home with the kids" was the easy option.
I've done a fair bit of the stay-at-home dad thing and I found it HARD. There something unremitting about dealing with the demands of small children while trying to keep the house clean and food on the table (and while my office life was all about getting rid of repetitive tasks, stuff like cleaning and cooking just has to be done again and again, which I found very hard to deal with).
I used to look forward to the days I went to the office; they were like days off.
No, I would never say that "staying at home with the kids" was the easy option.