[coryrc]

Or watching and helping form your own child into him/herself, meeting your friends for casual lunches in the park while your kids play, playing goofy games, having time to make nutritious meals instead of heating frozen foods, etc.

[kQq9oHeAz6wLLS]

Interestingly, you're both right. Turns out you have to take the bad with the good, or more accurately TANSTAAFL

[cgriswald]

Grandparent was responding to the ridiculous notion that being a homemaker is like being on vacation with kids. No one is disputing there can be benefits to being a homemaker or having one in the family.

[coryrc]

Being on vacation with kids is far harder than being at home with kids!