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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The trick was to have my children when I was at a point in my career to be able to dictate the terms that made sense to me. I took six months with each of them, then went back part time until they were each one. Then I did lean back into my work, but set boundaries like I pick up my kids every day. I get back on after they’re in bed.

Another poster has it right— you triage and prioritize. My husband and kids get first dibs. If they’re not getting enough I don’t try to stretch myself to friends or extended family. When my kids need a little less I’ll have a little more to give.

The thing is childhood is short. I know a lot of really unhappy moms of high school students who now resent reporting to 30-something’s because they let their careers stagnate and now they have decades left in the workforce in the menial levels. That life never appealed to me. [/quote]

When my kids need a little less…I used to say things like this. Now I’ve been dealing with teen problems. They can’t be solved by 9pm, and in some ways the after work hours are far more intense than those hours were when they were toddlers. [/quote]

And then the teenage years are over and you hopefully made it through.[/quote]

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