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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I roll my eyes when women claim they need to stay at home for their teenage kids. If you need to stay at home and not work for two teens, you are doing something wrong.

Keep looking for another job but be a little picky if you want. Try to consult and do part time.

Do NOT leave the workforce entirely.

What about college? Is that fully funded in 529s?[/quote]

Why roll your eyes?  [b]It's a well known fact that the MS/HS years are almost more important for having a parent around for the kids than even the 0-5.   [/b]Despite many parents best efforts, the teen years can be challenging and a time when many head down the wrong path with the wrong group of peers.  Much easier to be involved if you are home at 3pm when they get off school and around/available to be involved in their life.  Kids do try to break the rules and get away with shit they shouldn't, often times it is done at a home where there is no adult presence. Don't kid yourself, the teens appreciate it if at least one parent is at their 3pm baseball/softball/football games---they may not say much but they see other kids have at least one parent there, sometime the whole family and grandparents and aunts/uncles/etc.  
Much harder to truly know what your teen is doing if no adult is home until 6/7pm each day.

So ideally it would be best for OP to have a part time job/flexible job where they can still work from home majority of the time.  OP wants to be around for her kids and does not wish to have the stress of a full time job that takes her away to the office daily. 
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Saying something is a fact is not a fact

MS Teens are crazy busy with school activities and homework. Sure if your kid doesn’t do anything and is just coming home bored they may get up to something but they don’t want to hang with parents.  Summer time they have jobs or away programs or work as counselors.

Your bulk time with kids is done; https://www.1000hoursoutside.com/blog/time-with-kids-before-age-12. I support my facts with references.

Sure be home early is a good goal, that remains true for all ages, so a flexible or part time job for one spouse works best. But teen years don’t need you home for even half the day.

Especially with an overworked DH, how could you think that?[/quote]

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