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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am hoping for some perspectives from others to help me make the best long term decision.

I have a 5 year old daughter and a 17 month old son. My daughter is in pre-k, and while she doesn't even have homework yet, her activities are already coming with homework! I get about 9000 emails per day from school and activities. I know this is only going to increase, and I WANT to be a supportive parent to my kids. My mom was working and always too tired to be there for me, I always felt like a burden to her.

Between trying to manage home, parenting related things, and my work (which is another source of never ending balls in the air and things I have to take care of RIGHT NOW) I am starting to be very burnt out.

I have no passion for my job, although I hoped to milk it for 5-7 more years for financial reasons.

If we downsize, we can afford for me to SAH now and still have a reasonable financial cushion. We also have funded 529s thanks to an incredible gift from my parents.

I am looking to hear from parents of older kids about where they think their time is most valuably spent as kids get older. I don't want to make a knee-jerk reaction just because i feel burnt out and possibly am not yet good at managing the demands of school/activities. Does it get easier? Just looking for honest accounts. Thank you so much in advance.[/quote]

Ultimately it comes down to what you will regret more - not being with your kids or not having career/large home. I have always been SAHM and now I have to go back to school because my degree is worthless. We will likely never move out of our townhouse since the prices for single family homes are sky high. If I worked 10 years ago, we would have one of those big homes as well… but ultimately, I know I would regret more not being with my kids, so there it is. I wish we still had the 80s where one income was more than enough to have it all.[/quote]

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