How to Be a Good Partner When It Comes to After 9-5 Duties

Posted by Toolbox Dad on December 7, 2007

This is a great article to read (from another blog called brip blap) and comprehend if you are a parent. Now my wife and I have to adjust this article a bit since we are both working and the kids go to day care, but some of these still apply.

Don’t ‘decompress’ for an hour after you get home.

Turn off cellphones and BlackBerries when you get home. 

Those are two of the easiest fixes we can make when we get home after picking up the kids. We need to make a change because right now we are struggle with the comments: “I folded all the laundry”, “But I emptied the dishwasher last time”, “I put the kids to bed everynight”, pretty much whatever we can think up.

So when I landed on this article I thought I should help spread it around and give some ideas to other parents dealing with similar situations.

Read the full article written by Steve on brip blap » how to be a good partner to a stay-at-home spouse