I tried something like this on Saturday. I notice that in a household with two small children, any effort for one parent to have more “slack” usually results in the other having less. Most of the work of taking care of children doesn’t stop when electronics and lists stop.
I also worry that to people unfamiliar with how this traditionally plays out, there’s work happening that’s invisible in these posts. My understanding is that for the house to be ready and the feast prepared by Friday evening, women in observant Jewish families typically need to leave any other jobs they hold at noon. (Perhaps this isn’t universal—it’s coming from a family member’s time working at a Jewish school, where everything shut down Friday at lunchtime so the female staff could go home and cook.)
You’ve approached this at the individual level, but any thoughts on how this works out at the household level?
I tried something like this on Saturday. I notice that in a household with two small children, any effort for one parent to have more “slack” usually results in the other having less. Most of the work of taking care of children doesn’t stop when electronics and lists stop.
I also worry that to people unfamiliar with how this traditionally plays out, there’s work happening that’s invisible in these posts. My understanding is that for the house to be ready and the feast prepared by Friday evening, women in observant Jewish families typically need to leave any other jobs they hold at noon. (Perhaps this isn’t universal—it’s coming from a family member’s time working at a Jewish school, where everything shut down Friday at lunchtime so the female staff could go home and cook.)
You’ve approached this at the individual level, but any thoughts on how this works out at the household level?