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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see nothing wrong with staying home with older kids, and I wish I could afford to but it would be for me, not the kids. The idea would be to have the payoff of having worked through the baby years be some flexibility, telecommuting, maybe part time.  My kids are gone 8 hours from when the bus comes until it drops off.  On days I go to the office I leave early, DH puts kids on the bus, and kids go to SACC for 1-1.5 hrs until I pick them up.  That's 3 days a week and 2 I work at home and kids Come home on the bus.  To walk away from 150k a year for about 4 more hours a week with the kids would be crazy.  And my kids are in a better routine if doing homework on SACC days frankly.

I would love not to work and have more time to workout, cook, pursue hobbies, but my kids aren't impacted much at this point.  [b]I also have a lot of leave and work in a family friendly office so I've been the room mom, DH has chaperoned field trips as have I, I go to class parties, etc..[/b].[/quote]

I think that's key. Unfortunately, some of us do not have family friendly jobs and I have to work extra hours during my office hours to keep up with my case load and deadlines. I've only been to ONE school event this year. it's hard on me and the children. [/quote]

I'm the PP and I totally understand that's not everyone's situation.  My observations were really for the OP who has a younger child and time to perhaps strategize as to how to make her job allow for some flexibility or time to get established in a new job that would do so.[/quote]

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