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[quote] Teens are much harder.  We are going from after school till 10pm some nights with activities.  Sports are sometimes at 5 am.  [/quote]

100% agree with this. I am a working mom of 2 with a demanding job outside the house. I went back to work a few weeks after I gave birth and was comfortable doing so as we were lucky to have a wonderful nanny who was like family to us. 
Fast forward 14 years later and now my kids need ME around. Sure, I can hire someone to cook, clean and do laundry, but they need me to help with homework when they come from school, they need me to help with high school applications, they need me to drive them around their sports practices and they need me to take them to games and tournaments on weekends. 
When my daughter comes home upset from school because she’s dealing with mean girl behavior in middle school , she needs me to be around. I need to be around to make sure my kids aren’t hanging out with the wrong crowd at school. 
Some things you just can’t delegate. 
I’ve had to switch my work schedule to part time at work and plan to do so for the next few years until they go to college.

Looks like I’m not alone in feeling this way. There are several articles about parents taking “ teen-ternity “ leaves from work to spend more time with their teen kids.

https://parentingteensandtweens.com/parents-of-teens-are-taking-career-breaks/
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