My husband has always had a demanding career and one that he would never give up, but it has worked for us, because I love to be at home. When the kids were small he would pitch in when he could, but I could never really count on him to be there when the unexpected happened, which is one of the reasons it was imperative that I stay home full time. Today our kids are in college and I am still home, but I have found creative ways to earn a little extra money by running a small home based crafting business and working few hours at a local library. I am still in charge however with basically all the college stuff, financial forms, treks to and from the campus, and the late night "my boyfriend dumped me" phone calls etc. Hubby does what he can but for him to change his career at this point in our life would mean a drastic pay cut and at this time it is not worth it. So although daily child care is no longer a big factor, believe me, there is still alot of responsibility to oversee the high school and college young adult stuff. My kids are aprentice adults and they still need someone to lean on, so in some way childcare continues... it is just in a different form....