I'm really uncomfortable with this guy's reasoning. One of the motivations for him to go back to work is to feel less rejected by his children. In this post and a linked post he says he thinks he's spent too much time at home with them and is deeply hurt that they prefer their mother over him. So he wants to go back to work to "protect his heart".
I think that's a waaaaay bigger issue for him to address than the financial ones. Maybe there's truth to that experience but going back to avoid your children makes it seem like something is seriously out of whack here.
Odd to me, I have always been the "fun parent" the kids wants to play with constantly. My wife probably feels like he does, but she basks in it because it's finally time for her to be alone and recharge.
I think that's a waaaaay bigger issue for him to address than the financial ones. Maybe there's truth to that experience but going back to avoid your children makes it seem like something is seriously out of whack here.