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There are MANY couples for whom a balanced approach is financially and emotionally suboptimal. If spouse A has earning potential of $300k/yr, and spouse B has

• pizza234 4y ago
  One doesn't need to work 24/7 in order to reach their career potential (300k/yr is not the CEO type of position); even in a slightly longer than full time position, there's enough time to take a share of the parental tasks (and stay with the child(ren) in general) to allow the other partner to work at least part time. Working fulltime also doesn't imply to work in a single stretch from morning to evening. Those who don't find the time do be a parent because of work (again, excluding particular jobs) are either workaholics, or uninterested parents, or both; it's not about finance. To be noted that from approximately the second year onwards (so, I'm excluding approximately the first two), children spend significant hours (whole morning and small part of the afternoon, depending on the parents' choice) in children care. Especially in a family where the mother works part time, the difference from a stay-at-home mom, in terms of time spent with the children, is little (or none).