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

One DC aged 12. Returned to full time, 40 hours over 5-days a week, work when she was 9 months. I have a meal plan and a supportive partner. I like the rythmn of the working week and weekends. We try to do our household chores during the week to give us free time together at weekends.

I have three kids, ages 7, 4 and 1. I work FT, 37 hours over 5 days. I have flexibility re. hours to some extent, so I will quite often log on again after the kids are in bed and do an extra 1-2 hours in the evening. I have a DH but he does longer hours than i do.

Food - I do try to cook most things from scratch, but I cut corners where possible e.g. precut vegetables. I batch cook sometimes and I am a big fan of quick things like scrambled eggs, or picnic teas! Jacket potatoes only take 8 mins in microwave, salmon 10 mins in steamer etc. I'm an air fryer convert too so that makes things quicker. I'm not averse to a freezer tea every now and again, just do what you've got to do tbh!

Oh and I am knackered all the time, so there's that 🤣

A lot of people are just struggling to get through the week, but I'm also not sure what folk expected of a life with a full time job, kids and all that comes with that, if not busy and stressful?

10 and 6. I work 30 hours over 4 days. I'm a single parent, so financially I'd be better off doing full time but sanity wise I need the extra day.

When they were young I worked 2 days a week and slowly increased this as they got older. From when youngest was 13 i have worked full time.

My little girl is 3. I work 3 days compressed at 27h 45 min a week.

I was wondering whether i should increase my hours but she starts school in 18 months and i just want to spend my time with her before that happens

I think I'll continue on 3 days when school starts as I've got 2 guaranteed days in a week i don't need to cover in the school holidays

Full time (36 hours). 3 primary age DC. Constantly drowning, can't focus on work at all.

full time but my role means full time isn’t 9-5 it’s more like 8-5 then logging back on when the toddler is in bed but that’s not every night

4 year old. WFH most days, make dinner while WFH so we can eat when she gets
back. Pregnant and will be taking 10 months off and then going back 4 days a week

I have two DC 12 and 3. I work 20 hours (although I do often do an extra day so about 27 hours).
Before we had the youngest I worked full time this was shift work so 37.5 hours over 3 or 4 days.
I only reduced my hours so much because the cost of childcare was pretty much the same as my pay, and I work in the NHS so my shifts never fit in-between school hours.

5 and 10.
I work full time over 5 days.

2 children, one just started secondary, the other is in year 3 (7yo) I work 25.9 hours over 4 days. Did 18.5 hours, 2.5 days while they were small to save on nursery costs and have increased as they got older and easier.

I have 3 children under age 9. I work 20hrs in 2x 10 shifts. I wouldn't want to work any more than that tbh as would feel I was missing out on the children while they are young. I've actually dropped a few hours to do 10 hrs instead of the standard 12hr shifts and it made a huge difference.

I've always worked full time. When my kids were little both me and DH did compressed hours, 5 days in 4 so they would be at nursery for long days Monday - Wednesday then one of us would be off on Thursday and Friday
Now they are 8 and 11, we both work Monday to Friday but both are contracted for 35 hours which is a bit easier. I do 8-4 Monday to Thursday and 9-3 on Friday. Wfh 4 days.

My DH works flexibly, all wfh. Doe the school drop off and most pick ups. So we find it quite easy to balance everything

I work full time compressed hour (5 days over 4) but often work over my hours so about 45hrs. It's a professional career rather than a "job" but can wfh 3 days a week and manage my own diary so flexible.
I have DS in primary school and DD in nursery 2 days and with parents 2 days.
Lots of very easy meals, slow cooker, eggy bread, tin on toast, jacket pots depending on whether DD is eating at nursery or organised around kids hobbies.

It’s entirely normal in my experience, as it’s only on Mn women’s careers start being weirdly optional when they have children, but what difference does it make what other people choose? Can you drop a day? If you can, and it would suit you, do it. DH does the cooking when he’s here, but when he’s not I make something quick when I get in. One child, 12. Work 40 hours.

I have one teenager. I've not worked full time since he was born. I do nearly full time hours but compressed over 3.5 days.