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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm curious how many women vs men here are stepping out/commenting here?

DH and I are trying to reorganize and be around. My mom retired and moved here, and she spends a lot of time with the kids.

We have kept our amazing nanny and will for the foreseeable future, even those older is in middle school - he needs therapy and specific coordination and needs a third parent.  No, someone else is not "raising my kids" but it does take a village to do this.

All this said, DH understood and pitched in much more as he could when the kids were very small.  He has less clue of the clear issues for teens, which has been frustrating. But he does have some.

Anne-Marie Slaughter's article really resonated when it came out (and when my kids were babies) and I've been keeping it in mind.  It's not the whole story, but she isn't making it up.

I really appreciate the comments here about all the fre e time I had as a teen . I really needed more supervision - my parents were divorced and assumed that because I was a straight A student all was fine.  I made some bad choices, though I have (mostly) recovered from them, and for many years I thought it was all me (yes, I did those things ,but I could do better for my own kids).  Hoping I can figure this one out.[/quote]

My husband and I both changed things around as the kids got older.  We both had more demanding jobs when they were little.  I was in a management position, he traveled frequently. It was hard but actually, not as hard when they were babies and in the younger years.  We had relatives that could help and daycare.  I dropped the management job and took a less demanding position when they were in elementary school.  He was able to travel less and less and they got older. Now they are both teens and need us more than ever.  I have a job where I am able to work full time but it’s actually full time with rarely taking anything home.   He almost never travels. We both have some flexibility and can leave if an emergency happens. We worry about this more now than we did when they were little but one of ours had had some struggles.  [/quote]

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