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Parents, how about 'retire now, work later'?
If work is wearing you down, you could consider taking active breaks from employment to focus on your kids, with a clear intent to return to the workforce later
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Are you too tired to parent? Do you sometimes feel anxious, frustrated and confused at having to juggle work and family? Are you trapped in the rat race of making a living and providing for the family?
The term rat race aptly evokes the metaphor of people behaving like rats in a cage, running pointlessly in the cage's spinning wheel. Much energy is expended, with little achieved.
