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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here, children are very young (oldest is only 6) so we are not too concerned about disruption to their lives.  DH isn't sure either, he will likely need to find another job in another company if he does not want to move into international P/L roles in his company.[/quote]

You're a full tenured professor, have 4 kids, and the oldest is 6?

That's...unusual. [/quote]

OP here, we only started having kids after I got tenure and had my research pipeline setup.  We also received a lot of help (nannies, in-laws etc.) and the covid years with remote teaching also helped too with schedule management (we had a live-in nanny who decided to stay with us).  Even with all that, my research productivity definitely suffered and I feel I got lucky with the bid for promotion to full.  With all the kids now, it is hard to see how I can become more productive and I guess I will remain as an average scholar in a middling university.  [/quote]

Hold on, hold on. People rarely get tenured until late 30s. You're in academia doing the PhD till late 20s, even 30 or later. Then 1-2 visiting roles, then an assistant professorship, then tenure review. You become associate in your late 30s by that point. There are a few hotshot rare exceptions (like my father who made full professor before he was 40 but they are very rare and he also got his PhD at a young age as times were different in the 60s). But four kids after your late 30s is a whoa moment. And you managed to get full professorship pretty quickly? Something doesn't add up unless you're an incredible hotshot, which is theoretically possible, but in real life incredible hotshots don't post on DCUM.

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