Working parents- would I be crazy to consider this?

[Anonymous]

For three months, I'd totally do it. You'd be with your kids for six waking hours a day. That's plenty.

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If you’re traveling to international destinations on the weekend, where is the travel time coming from? Your time with your own kids? Your primary job time? Is it paid?

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Anonymous wrote:For three months, I'd totally do it. You'd be with your kids for six waking hours a day. That's plenty.

No, she would be with her kids only Monday-Thursday and less time on Fridays. Not on weekends. And not during any weekday travel days, which I assume will be the case since there are international trips planned.

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Anonymous wrote:For three months, I'd totally do it. You'd be with your kids for six waking hours a day. That's plenty.

No, she would be with her kids only Monday-Thursday and less time on Fridays. Not on weekends. And not during any weekday travel days, which I assume will be the case since there are international trips planned.

Again, I'd totally do it. It's only three months.

[Anonymous]

Do you have a co-parent? How do they feel about being always on with a 2- and 4-yo every weekend for 3 months? Only you can decide if this deal is worth it, but you need to factor in that someone will need to look after your own kids 24/7 on the weekend.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you have a co-parent? How do they feel about being always on with a 2- and 4-yo every weekend for 3 months? Only you can decide if this deal is worth it, but you need to factor in that someone will need to look after your own kids 24/7 on the weekend.

+1 what does your coparent think? This is so hard, I don't think I could do it honestly. My husband has about 3 months every two years where he is VERY busy and working at all hours. but he works from home so he's able to still be present for dinner and bedtime, and except for a couple weeks still have plenty of present moments on the weekend. he gets a big bonus for this time and every year we are still unsure if it's worth it. But then again we did use it for our home renovation so I feel you, in that sense maybe it was.

It is so short term that yes, your kids would of course be fine, but yes they would certainly miss you and you would miss them. For me even beyond that is the partner that is home alone with two kids every weekend. That would be very hard for me!

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Anonymous wrote:How much vacation time do you have at your full time job? I'd probably do this, but I'm a grinder and a saver, and this is just 1 summer. But to make it work, it would be ideal if you could take off every Friday all summer from your full time or take off 2-3 full weeks. It would be a really good use of your PTO.
FWIW- DH had a work opportunity that that required tons of extra hours for year. He didn't eat weekday dinner with us or do week night bedtime for a year, but for $100,000. We don't regret it AT ALL. That was years ago, so even with time the decision stands as a good one.

Op isnt missing weekday dinners and bed times. She's missing the entire weekend every weekend of summer.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For three months, I'd totally do it. You'd be with your kids for six waking hours a day. That's plenty.

No, she would be with her kids only Monday-Thursday and less time on Fridays. Not on weekends. And not during any weekday travel days, which I assume will be the case since there are international trips planned.

Again, I'd totally do it. It's only three months.

Me too. Three months is not long in the grand scheme. If the children's other parent will take good care of them it will be good bonding for them. Take off the PTO you can. See if you can bring one of your kids to the weekend work sometimes, other times see if you can meet your family at the park with the baby, use some of the extra income to outsource to free up the time you do have off.

[Anonymous]

I would do it, but only because my mother lives close to me and could help out every day, which she did often during the pandemic shut down.
Is your full-time job remote?

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Op here-

Yes, my DH is a fantastic Dad. My parents and his parents all live within 15 mins of us.

Yes, FT job is remote

Still not sure if it would be worth it for me (and DH). Lots of thinking to do.

[Anonymous]

I’d do it if you have enough family support.

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Anonymous wrote:How much vacation time do you have at your full time job? I'd probably do this, but I'm a grinder and a saver, and this is just 1 summer. But to make it work, it would be ideal if you could take off every Friday all summer from your full time or take off 2-3 full weeks. It would be a really good use of your PTO.
FWIW- DH had a work opportunity that that required tons of extra hours for year. He didn't eat weekday dinner with us or do week night bedtime for a year, but for $100,000. We don't regret it AT ALL. That was years ago, so even with time the decision stands as a good one.

Op isnt missing weekday dinners and bed times. She's missing the entire weekend every weekend of summer.

If OP can take PTO from her regular job to spend a full day midweek with her kids every week or two, they’d probably count it as a win since they’ll be getting extra parent time. I wouldn’t do it if I didn’t have the PTO burn from the regular job, but if I did I’d take it! Kids don’t care if “weekend” with mom is on Wednesday instead of Saturday/Sunday.

[Anonymous]

Do it and plow all the money into a 529 for your kids. It will be a very good start to college savings.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you need the $? Would you resent this about 2 weeks in when you're missing the summer with your kids. Also travel? Will someone be home with your kids?

We don't necessarily NEED the money to cover bills or anything, but we've been living in our house for 8 years with the original 1963 kitchen and this contract could literally provide me a new kitchen in 3 months. If not a kitchen, it would be a huge asset to the kids' 529s and retirement savings.

This would be a major motivator for me. If your own kids are well-adjusted and your partner is fully on board I'd go for it.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here-

Yes, my DH is a fantastic Dad. My parents and his parents all live within 15 mins of us.

Yes, FT job is remote

Still not sure if it would be worth it for me (and DH). Lots of thinking to do.

You need to talk it through with your husband. What does he think?