Depends who you ask and who is involved. I don't care one bit how much time you spend with your kids. However I do think it is a bit odd if you want to spend wo

Depends who you ask and who is involved. I don't care one bit how much time you spend with your kids. However I do think it is a bit odd if you want to spend work time with your kids and expect your employer to be fine with that. Yes, yes, I know your point is that you can spend the commuting time with your kids, but realistically how strict are you about your WFH office? Do you even have a dedicated office where you can go and your kids and wife won't bother you? For most my coworkers that is not a thing. They are working on the kitchen table or in their bedroom while the family goes about their lives around them. Constantly distracting them, constantly bothering them, and more annoyingly distracting and bother other people who are on the zoom call. As I've said time and time again; life is about sacrifices. You can choose what sacrifices you are going to make, but you have to make some. To me it seems you can either sacrifice say ~1 hour per day of looking after you kids or you can sacrifice 10-20% of your pay check. Or you lower your commute time by moving closer to your office, which probably means moving into a smaller house/apartment, again a sacrifice.