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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Full-time elementary teacher with a [b]2 year old and a 1 year old at home[/b].

For those posters who don't see why this is [b]extra challenging[/b], I invite you to a day in my life.  Being in charge of 30 kids all day and then my own 2 in the evenings is overwhelming.   I chose it, I'm not complaining, but to not understand why it's different to teach 30 kids all day and then come home to your own as opposed to working around adults all day and then coming home to your own kids is just ignorant.

Okay, enough of that.

A couple of strategies that work for me.
#1 -- I teach an older elementary grade. With such young kiddos at home that demand such a nurturing approach, I just don't have it in me to teach a younger grade and give them the mommy-type nurturing they need all day. 
#2 -- I am to get a "B" at work.  Seriously.  My personality used to be that I had to be the best at work, always demanding more and more of myself.  I've let go of a lot of that.  I give my students a high quality education every day.  I am prepared.  No one is suffering.  But, I'm okay if I just do a "good" job instead of an "outstanding" job.  This has been huge for me and allowed me to save some of myself for my own kids at night.  
#3 -- I take no work home.  If it doesn't get done that night, it can wait until the next day.  As long as I'm planned enough to make it through the next day, I go home on time.  
#4 -- I found a daycare that I absolutely love.  This is a huge component.  I feel no guilt because my kiddos are in such good hands all day.

It's funny.  I chose this career path thinking it would be great to do when I had a family.  Scheduling wise, that is totally true.  But I did not think ahead much about the physical and mental demands of doing both.

Good luck![/quote]

What is your point of reference?  Have you worked any other types of jobs after having children?[/quote]

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