If you are the spouse taking care of the household, have your spouse walk the shoes you walk when taking care of the children, house, school issues and events, extracurricular activities, doctors visits, daycare issues, birthday parties and making three meals a day for everybody in the family with snacks for a week! An agreement of "our family is fine as it is" will be reached very quickly.

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