[valkyrie]

Right, but your original point was that people without kids have less stress at work because they're not driving the kids around and doing other kid related stuff. The point I'm trying to make is that the time they're not spending with kids is spent doing other things, and there's a chance some of that can be stressful. Therefore, people with and without kids may have a great deal of stress outside of work. It seemed like you didn't think people without kids have any stress outside of work since they don't have to deal with kids or clean the house. I'm saying that's not true.

Of course parents who work don't always have the time to volunteer or write novels. People without kids are more likely, depending on their situation, to have time to do those things. I guess having that extra time is something you give up when you have kids. If that's too much of a problem to someone, she shouldn't have kids. If she does, she needs to deal with it.

Anyway, not everyone without kids WANTS to spend more time on her job. I'm never having kids, but that doesn't mean I want to spend more time at work than someone who does have kids, especially considering that we're probably making around the same amount of money. What's the point of doing extra work for free? I'd rather do something outside of work I'm likely to enjoy.