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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It really depends on if you have flexibility, make good money, and like your job/career. And I guess how many kids you have.

We are two working parents with very flexible schedules and reasonable hours and we have 2 kids. I can see how it would be hard with two biglaw parents or a power couple but we manage fine and have found it easier as they've gotten older. But I make good money and my career is important to me so that helps. We have a good routine and husband is an equal partner. We both have a lot of telework options so most afternoons a parent is home, though kids are in activities/sports etc. so we are often home alone.

If things got out of control with either of our jobs, with older kids and more work experience than when I was younger, I can imagine quitting and setting up my own freelance/consulting business for a few years. [b]But what I really want to avoid is being in my early 50s, both kids out of the house and having no career to turn to because I've been out of the workforce for years. [/b]I realize that isn't a concern for everyone, especially if you never liked working or the field you were trained in, etc. but it's huge for me so I'm highly motivated to make it work.[/quote]

Exactly this.  I have a few friends in this situation.  They are depressed.  One in particular.  She's a brilliant JD, but now bitter and shrewish, screams at her children constantly and laments her lack of a career.  She tried to get back in and could not.  Now volunteer tutors math in the local high school, so that's good.  But still angry and bitter and bored.[/quote]

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