What is a disadvantage of maria’s staying home with her children until the youngest is of school age

Staying at home with the children is a time-consuming task (And is not a very "estimated" one)

Supposing that the school-age is around 5 or 6 years old, you can see that Maria will lose a lot of time with it, and her social life and career/job opportunities may suffer from it

answer; the above statement is (true);