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[quote=Anonymous]I am a home, but it wasn't the HFA child than tipped the balance. It was the second child with profound LDs.  Well, both of them combined and lack of flexibility in DH's job (with some travel).  Mine was okay flexible, but not enough for two children with vastly different needs.

Every family's dynamics and situations are different, so the decision for who works and for how long (ft/pt) will be different.  I would say for us, the default was two FT working parents, which didn't work.  Then FT for DH and PT for me and that didn't work.  So, what works (among the choices we had) for our family is for me to be at home and for DH to work.  We are nearing the end of that time and I was going to use this year to transition back into something, but my father became ill and moved in with us last Sept.  He is now receiving hospice care at our home so next year will be my transition year.  In a way I am being paid, as the money he is saving from being in a nursing home is the money that I will inherit.   Another set of choices that is different for each family is aging parent care decisions.  We all do what seems to work best for our families based on the specific options we have available.

Good luck to everyone and I hope we are all able to find some balance in our lives. 
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