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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You need to give up on a 9-2 schedule.  Your kids will be fine with fewer activities, carpools and/or a PT nanny. Plenty of women work full days with kids and it’s manageable. [/quote]

And plenty of those women aren’t mothers of kids who just lost their father. When my husband died, my kids benefited greatly from continuing with their prior activities and schedules while they adjusted to all of the other changes such a big loss brings. OP isn’t trying to keep it the same forever, but is trying to do what’s best for her family in this particular moment. [/quote]

Did you work full time then? Did you have ample money for paid help? If you have been through this, how did you make it work.

Please don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good; ideally the kids would stay with what they love, but prioritize getting a job and health insurance, and then play the widow card for a while to get extra help with carpools. Or import some relatives. Or swap some weekend childcare for someone to drive your kids. Or they have to quit for a while until you have more cash. 
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