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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have 3 kids and am now working part time. I was a SAHM for almost a decade. When I originally stopped working, I was trying to take a 1-2 year break. I ended up having another kid. Then Covid happened.

I actually find parenting tweens and teens much more difficult than babies and toddlers. They need you the most. It is easy to miss what is going on with them. Around ages 10-15, these kids change. They can’t drive. If they do any activity or sport, it requires driving. Middle school gets out around 2:30.

My advice is to stay in the workforce and get a very flexible job. I would not leave if you think you will want to go back.

I was planning to go back and never really did. Now AI can do most of what I was really good at a decade ago. [/quote]

Yes, it's very different parenting tweens and teens. You really need to be physically present for when they have something to talk out, plus all the driving.  After school club pick-ups started in late ES, then MS, and in HS the fall sports really get you since practices start in August. There's a late bus for some of those activities, but I get the most conversation in the car.

Looking back, I feel like I had a lucky setup. We had a nanny when DCs were younger and that worked well. I was able to transition to a very flexible job once DCs were in ES. If I couldn't have had a flexible schedule, I would have gone part-time or wanted to quit. DH also pursued a more flexible job a few years ago so our family has a lot of options. I honestly don't know how I could maintain my previous 9-5, in office work schedule that I had. Or at least I would be less happy and more stressed now.[/quote]

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