I also think people are remembering their financial situation at the end of their childhood when their parents were more established in their careers and comparing that their early-career selves. When I was born, my mom painted houses and my dad was a lawnmower salesman, we were a two income household but solidly lower-middle class and we lived in an apartment. By the time I graduated high school, my mom owned her own house painting business and my dad was a marketing director at that lawnmower company and we had a nice house in a nice suburb.

Hey Tim, a friend just sent me this post late last night. I just wrote a guest post for Neal Bascomb's Work/Craft/Life about being a stay-at-home-dad: https://www.workcraftlife.com/p/dad-wass-for-bweakfass

My story is more qualitative/personal, but I'd be happy to share any insights I have regarding work/life balance and economic calculus. My wife and I traversed a similar path to your family.

Looks like the Calendly was booked but if you'd like another voice please let me know. You can email me at agowani@substack.com.

Beautiful. Thank you for this.