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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Empty nester here. My advice in a nutshell: stay home as long as you possibly can. Yes, through high school if possible. It matters to the kids ALOT. In subtle and more obvious ways. They won't thank you while they are home, but will thank you later. You don't get those years back. [/quote]

Another mom of older kids here - One graduated from college last year.  Three in college.  Our youngest is a high school junior.  I've been at home since the first one was born 24 years ago.  I went back very part-time when my youngest started middle school.

They need you at home at every age, but in some ways those teen age years are the most critical.  Mine have expressed many times how much they appreciated having mom at home.  One if them mentioned it in a speech a couple of months ago.[/quote]

Another at home with the kids. It's a tradeoff. On my death bed I'll be glad I spent this time with my kids, and won't regret not earning more money not spending more time in an office. Too many of my kids' classmates in two-career homes are in therapy. [/quote]

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