To ask how many kids you have, their age, and how many hours you work a week?

I work 48hrs and have 2 boys 7 and 5.

I think that some people can handle stress better than others

And that different people find different things stressful as well.

The secret being to know yourself well

I have one 6 year old and work 26 hours a week, everyday 9-2 mostly from home. Honestly it works very well and I have time for housework and hobbies, especially as DD has some after school clubs during the week. We don't really have a family meal in the weekday as DD needs to eat when she gets home and is fussy so she has her own dinner. I eat about 6 and make a plate for DH who works funny hours so eats when he gets the chance

When I had four children I worked full time as a single parent. Married then Part time after number 5 (not my biological child) and number six has complex disabilities and needs and now I'm a sahm/carer and will always be so.

Currently work 30 hours over four days and have two DC 8 and 6.

Finding it incredibly tough at the moment, but that is mainly because DC8 has SEN and going through EBSA. DC is currently averaging about 50% attendance.

Work luckily have been really flexible and I am able to WFH, but still struggling to get much done and therefore feel guilty. Even when DC is in school, I'm struggling to concentrate and also there's loads of SEN-related admin to do at the moment as well 😔

Parenting can be stresseful.
Working can be stressful.
Relationships can be stressful.
Life events can be stressful.
How most folk still function I'm not sure....no other option I suppose. ❤️

it's definitely that!!! but even without 2 working parents, still stressful!

2 children, 6 and 1. DH and I both do 30 hours a week, he does most of the cooking. He does “proper” cooking and often does twice as much so we can freeze some, I tend to do slow cooker recipes off instagram. Kids also usually have pesto pasta at least once a week with some chopped up cucumber because that is the easiest meal that will reliably get eaten

3DC - age 20,18 & 6.

Me & DH both work full time on a hybrid basis. Usually 1 of us wfh each day (we have staggered our office days as best we can so the dog isnt left alone) but Im the only person who cooks, meal plans, does food shop, laundry etc. DH cleans, walks the dog & irons.

Meal planning is my secret weapon - makes such a difference.

I have two (soon to be three) children, whose ages will be 3.5, 2 and a newborn. I currently work 28 hours a week, entirely remotely.

3 children, 8, 6 and 3 years old. I work 7.5 hours per week term time only. One 6 hour day on site and 1.5 hours from home.

Full time, usually 40-45 hours.
Wfh 2-3 days per week
Always cook from scratch but I like cooking and have a wide repertoire of things that take 20 mins or less.
Kids 17,15,13 but this has been work pattern for several years.

Four kids - 15, 13, 11, 9. I work 24 hours over three days. Husband works 40 hours over five days. We have no help with childcare but have a cleaner for four hours a week.

My kids also do absolutely loads of sport outside school so most evenings I’m out, as well as all weekends.

Dinners could be better and the house could be cleaner.

Absolute hats off to you if you’re working full time and doing all this. I don’t think I could physically do it.

I have 1 8 year old and I work 20-30 hours a week on average. I'm self-employed doing a consultancy version of what I did before kids (PR), alongside more creative and rewarding but less well-paid work (writing). I'm under-employed for my experience level (20 years, degree, MA) but I am around for DC all the time. Working like this has helped me tread water on my CV without completely torpedoing it, but I am looking to go salaried again at a highish level and sack off the consultancy, but hopefully with something p/t or flexible enough to keep at least one day free for writing.

Two kids aged one and four. I work four days a week 9-5. I cannot work out evening meals either.

We have one 5 year old DS with additional needs. I haven't worked full time since he was born and probably won't be doing full time for the foreseeable.

I work 3 days a week ATM but going to 4 days from April, 9.30 to 4.30 in a finance admin role, 15 minutes from home in the car.

DH works 5 days a week and either works 7am-2pm, 8am-3pm or 10am-5pm, 2 days from home and 3 days from the office, again about 15/20 mins away from home. He works in a customer support role, busy but not high pressure.

We live nearby my parents (retired) and brother (works shifts) and sil (often works away) and we all chip in to help eachother with various bits through the week - childcare, dog walking, shopping, house jobs etc.

3 kids age 14 to 8.

I work full time, 50+ hrs a week at the moment. I’m leaning into a new role so don’t mind.

We have a nanny and a housekeeper. It wouldn’t work without them

I have sons aged 17 and 14. I work three days a week. Any more than that and I can't manage to get them to the places they need to be (17 yr old has just started learning to drive).

We live in a very rural area with no public transport.

I don't know any mums that are working full time to be honest but it might be because of where we live.

My husband works away too so take some annual leave then!

2 children, 6 and 4. I'm a solo parent and work 40 hours over 5 days. I am able to WFH and to some extent can set my schedule, subject to mandatory attendance at various meetings etc. I am usually in for 3 days, WFH for 2.
In terms of dinners, I use the slow cooker a lot, and pasta, batch cook and freeze various curries etc. The kids have school dinners so I don't beat myself up if tea is something on toast to allow me to get home from work, collect from childminder and get them winding down for the day.

DH and I both work 40hrs a week, we have 6yr old twins. We both WFH on Mon/Fri, so we do dinner for them those days. Tues/Weds/Thurs we work in the office and have an after school nanny til 6:30. We'd be fucked without the nanny though, so I get it.

2 DC, 8 and 5. Basically work 5 days a week 9-3 with the odd evening

I have 2 children aged 8 (in school) and 4 (in nursery). I work approx 30 hours over 3 jobs/4 days. I used to work full time compressed over 4 days when my oldest child was a baby and it was very hardgoing. I also couldn't wfh back then like I can now (I wfh approx 2/4 days per week now which makes a huge difference).

It really all depends on so many factors how doable it all is. When I worked full time (37.5 hours) over 4 days we also lived further away from our jobs and couldn't wfh but now both me and the OH can wfh about 50% of the week and we live a lot closer to work. I really love my job and would probably work all the damn time if I didn't have kids (like extra training, conferences etc), 😅

I have 1 DD aged 6. I work full-time - 37.5 hours. I predominantly work from home, which helps enormously as I can flex my hours around school. I use breakfast club and afterschool club for part of the week. In terms of a career, I still argue that in the 21st Century women can't have it all especially when you become the default for anything school related. Food wise DD is in Y2 so she has a school dinner. She will then have a light tea when she's home and I do Gousto Monday to Friday so she usually has some of that when we eat.

This isn't true of my experience. It varies but I know a solicitor who is a SAHM and two others who are PT. If those women are with similarly qualified partners they have good incomes and can save a bit and then manage on 1 salary, still keeping options open to return to their career, albeit at a lower level. The people I know with 3 or more children all have part time or SAHM except 1, who had lots of family support. The couples both working FT have 2, the general consensus is that 3 is the cut off point without family life becoming chaotic.

2 kids age 6 and 15.

i work full time, 90% wfh. I work about 50 hours a week, often more.

Food can be cooked from scratch even if you work. Batch cook soups, spaghetti sauces, curries and chillis. You could also batch cook cheesy or white sauces for a quick macaroni cheese or fish supper.

We eat lots of pasta or stir fries and marinated chicken or occasionally salmon with veg and noodles or rice. If you have all the components chopped in the morning, and pans out with kettle full and rice/pasta weighed into a saucepan, you can throw a meal together inside 20mins. Get the kids to lay the table!

I also use the airfryer a lot, and sometimes the slow cooker

Im not a saint - we have convenience food once a week or so (eg potato waffles, frozen peas and ready made breadcrumb chicken tenders) But you can get rid of most of the crap with some planning! I’m not convinced I save a lot, but I feel better than feeding everyone ready meals