Yes, having a software engineer cleaning dishes for a restaurant is a waste of talent.
Maybe if overtime was flexible, you could suggest hiring unskilled workers to do those tasks at home.
I love my kid, but it's not like he's learning cutting edge stuff that requires an engineer to teach them. And there's many hours in the evenings and weekends we spend together where he learns how his dad behaves.
Our high cost of education should be teaching people to create more value than the 15k/yr of value it is raising a child before the age of 5.(daycare costs, 4 children per 1 adult)
As an ancedote, it seems part time mothers are significantly happier than stay at home moms.
Once a kid is in school, a parent can work. Removing the need for UBI.