I think the money helps. But what doesn't get talked about with family (especially small kids) is that you're with them for 16 hours a day. Emotions get messy

I think the money helps. But what doesn't get talked about with family (especially small kids) is that you're with them for 16 hours a day. Emotions get messy. Someone is always upset about something. And the larger the family, the more probable that someone is upset at any given moment. The nice thing about a two parent household is that (hopefully) one parent keeps a cool head while the other me be annoyed, etc. It's so much of a help to have a partner that says "why don't you take five minutes" or "I think you were too hard on ..." And I can reciprocate the same support. I don't know how single parents do it.