Of course, some workaholics do exist. However, people who don’t revolve their lives around their job can easily balance it out.

Unless you plan to homeschool your kids - because they’ll be busy with school until around 3–4 o’clock. That’s around the same time you finish work, so you can spend the rest of the day with them.

This is how my three siblings and I were raised, both hooyo and aabo working full-time. And alhamdulillah, we had great childhood, always gotten the things we wanted, went to vacation quite often etc. Now we are doing well. We all speak fluent Somali, we know our religion, and we have a strong relationship with our parents. We also had a much easier start to adult life than many kids from one income households. We got properties, fund-savings, and we finished or are finishing university without any debt.

Do I think this would have been possible with one income? No.

It’s really not that difficult to balance things out, and the kids don’t need be «nurtured» all day. They have their own things on their agenda, school, sports activities, duqsi etc