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Five days a week, I rise at 6 am and leave to teach in a state comprehensive school at 7 am. returning home between 5 and 6 pm. My boisterous 3 yr old then wants to play ACTION games the minute I step inside the door - chasing, hiding, wrestling etc. Then its tea, more play and I am in bed by 9 to start the whole cycle the next day. If I suggest quieter games - drawing, lego, reading a story together he gets very upset and makes a scene I am too tired to cope with. Weekends I am always up a few hours before my wife to child-mind as she says childcare is more tiring than teaching. We have one child who does three half days a week at nursery whilst my wife is at home-she does not work. Gardening, car washing and trips to park and swimming at the weekends add to my(sole) responsibilities. It seems now society has put TOO many demands on men - I am sole breadwinner plus all the above. Am I being selfish, naive, unrealistic? Comments please guys.
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