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A few months ago, I had a client come to me with a dilemma. He was the breadwinner of the family—graduated from Rutgers University with a bachelors degree and after working years in construction, became the owner of a prestige construction company. My client’s wife was not an uneducated person by any means as well. She had graduated from Rutgers as well and was a licensed real estate broker in New Jersey. However, once the couple had children, they decided it would be best for mom. to stay at home and care for the house and kids as her primary job. Important to note, this was a mutual decision; my client’s wife agreed to give up her job position to stay at home with the children, she was not forced into it.