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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As an employer, if I drop a thousand bucks on a conference fee, plus another couple grand on hotel, airfare, and meals, I expect my money's worth.  Leaving a conference early for something other than a serious emergency doesn't go over so well in some circles.

Funny - over nearly twenty years as a parent, I know I've missed my fair share of "important" events, even a birthday here and there.  The only one that sticks out though is the first time I missed a Halloween.  Not sure why that one ranks up there, but then Halloween is a big deal in my house.  I doubt my kids even remember though.

I gather most of the people posting here are parents of little kids and don't have the perspective that some of us who have been there, done that, might have.[/quote]

Oh come on 'employer' OP isn't talking about missing the conference but a networking event the last afternoon. [/quote]

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[quote=Anonymous]I can return the evening before K starts for my only child, but it means missing out on an extra afternoon of networking with people that rarely are all in the same place.[/quote]

I've never been to a conference or set of meetings that ended with a networking event, so it sounds like she's not too put out about missing whatever else is going on (like the morning meetings before the round of golf or whatever it is?).  If you can't commit to the conference, don't go.[/quote]

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