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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone is talking strictly about time here. As someone who used to have a “big job” and is married to someone who still does, I think the bigger issue is stress, mental energy, exhaustion, and patience.[/quote]

OP here. Thanks, you articulated a big part of it. Beyond the stress, there’s a level of creativity and intellectual energy that goes into my work. I would say that so far having kids has enhanced that but it is largely because we maxed on the help. I’m not 100% sure that is the balance I would have wanted had I not been at a make or break point (tenure track).

Anyway, this has been an interesting thread. Maybe because DC based it seems most ppl are considering career in money terms, not other kinds of contributions. Like Obama wanting to be a leader or, I dunno, a scientist wanting to make a breakthrough. I wonder how compatible that is with a bigger family.[/quote]

IMO most of the people I see making groundbreaking contributions in the news are not mothers with 3 kids.  At least I don't see myself / relate to many of them.[/quote]

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