Many folks wonder if you can do Equally Shared Parenting without working reduced hours at work and the answer is "Absolutely yes." In the pursuit of a balanced life many Equally Shared Parenting couples have decided to scale back their work because there is only 24 hours in a day and they need to figure out the time puzzle about how all these things are going to fit in their lives. There are a number of strategies that folks can use though which will allow them to remain working full time if that's what they decide is important for their family. One of them is flexing your schedule. So it's possible, potentially, with your employer to say, "Hey, I wondered if I work a couple hours and a couple nights a week at home and I can do that in exchange for some time off during the day?" It's also possible to work together with your spouse to maybe that job shift totally but it's kinda of staggering your time at work. So maybe mom can go in from 6:00 i the morning till 2:00 in the afternoon. Maybe dad can work something like 10:00 to 6:00 at night, so reduce the amount of time that your kids might need outside child care. Another strategy men can use or women for that matter, is to outsource some of the task that are required at home. If you don't like to do laundry, if you don't like to cook meals, do take out a couple nights a week. Send your laundry out, pay somebody to clean your house. So always reduce the time that's required to maintain your home which may free you up to do other things. Enjoy yourself outside of work or actually work more hours it that's what you're committed to. Another strategy many Equally Shared Parenting couples utilize is to compress their work week. By having one day off they can compress the rest of their work hours into a fewer days during the week.