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Well put! I like how you Incorporated trade-offs into this comment. Yes, you can have X, but something will have to give. Sleep, time with friends, alone time, time with spouse, learning time, etc... There's only so much time to go around, and it's amazing how the arrival of each kid diminishes your available time further and further. With three little ones now it seems virtually impossible to keep up with everything we got done when we had only two. There are days I do nothing but kid stuff: feeding, cleaning up after, playing with, wiping butts, vacuuming, cooking, dishes, blah blah blah. I don't know how dual-earner households do it. My wife is a stay-at-home Mom, and even so we're both maxed out.