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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IF you can work at home, flexible hours and pull in 100K+, and be available to the kids before/after school...seriously, who wouldn't do that?

That is not an option for most of us.  It's not like we're choosing to sit on our butts and NOT do that, lol.

Please tell me that people do get that....[/quote]

Maybe we can teach our kids this early on.  My dad did.  My dad had this type of job.  He was always there to coach our travel soccer, pick us up from school.  I saw this flexibility back in the 70s.

I needed to get a STEM agree to achieve it.

My parents were realistic---if you want a family and you want to have a balance you think of this when choosing a career.  I think too many women I know get some really impressive degrees and work about 2-5years in a tough field, but have to give it all up once they have children.  In so many positions, there is no inherent flexibility.  It's a myth they sell to college age women.

I, for one, also didn't know how strongly my urge to be around my kids would be once I had them.  Women have different degrees of this feeling.[/quote]

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