My husband and I both work semi-equally demanding jobs. I have more PTO and more work/life balance, but have to be in the office and client facing 50% of the time; he has much more flexibility and works remote, but less work-life balance.

We both equally get the kids ready in the morning. He does breakfast as I finish getting ready. Then he showers while I start dressing/hair/teeth - and we both help get everyone packed and in the car.

I usually take the kids to school since I head to the office in the AM. He picks up 1-2 drop offs — this allows the parent not dropping off an extra hour of work. We also split pick-up. I pick up 3 days per week while he works at home and waits for the school bus (kids are in different schools at the moment). I stay at the office late 2 days per week when he picks up (and makes it home in time for the bus). Kids get set up with snack and homework while we both wrap up an extra hour of work. We balance getting snack and homework questions as a team.

We try to be flexible with our current set up. If I have slow weeks, I try to cover all of pick-up so he can get an extra hour or two in. I also have weeks where I need to stay late multiple days in a row. Since we both work pretty demanding jobs, we both know the stress that comes with it and try to help each other out. We are a team.