I think the author clearly stated that you can do the work and the child raising if you have the schedule control. I've found that to be largely true. I also

I think the author clearly stated that you can do the work and the child raising if you have the schedule control. I've found that to be largely true. I also had my children at 38, and my husband and I were extremely fortunate to be able to have me work part time and arrange our schedules so the children always had a parent home. For all the time before the children had their driver's license, we were able to get them to and from their schools and care for them before and after school. Now I've had to switch jobs and there are very rigid rules about being at work at their stated times. It seems rather obvious that the whole employment culture was shaped by the parent at home history just as the school schedule is shaped by the agricultural history. Over time this will flatten out but it's likely that women will continue to recognize the needs of their children (and parents, and spouses) differently than men do. And how much of this problem is due to understaffing? Why are people working so many many hours, shouldn't that be taken as clear indication that the work needs to be split or otherwise rearranged? It's not like we have a labor shortage. I've always joked that I wanted a wife too. Maybe that's what it would take?