Well, I have anicdata: every working parent I have ever known wants to spend more time with their kids. All the stay-at-home moms I know (except one) complain a

Well, I have anicdata: every working parent I have ever known wants to spend more time with their kids. All the stay-at-home moms I know (except one) complain about their kids, their repetitive daily routine, and wish they had a job or career. The stay-at-home dads I know love it, but this can probably be explained as self-selection: it's because they're so family focused that they flipped society's expectations and stayed home while the wife works. So on the whole my expectation would have been that this desire to be home and with their kids is universal among men and women working parents, and probably equal across genders.