You cannot escape the fact that women mould your first five years whether you like it or not. And I can't say I do like it very much.
All my friends' mothers were appalling women.
I don't think balance is something you get from someone else it's something...
I always had two or three jobs at the same time. I started doing yard work when I was 7 or 8. When I was 13 I got my first state job doing road construction. Between working sports and school I hardly ever had free time.