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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Soap operas and bon bons.  That's what I do.

Seriously, however, my youngest is 2, so I'm not at the SAHM with kids in school stage.  I want to go back to work so badly, and I don't want to be bored at home.  But I have been out of the workforce for 10 years, which is a lifetime, and have completely mommy-tracked myself now.  Plus, I sincerely believe that your middle schoolers need you at home when they get out of school far more than even your preschoolers need you.  Not to take care of their physical needs, but to guide them through the emotionally thorny parts of adolescence.  So I want flexibility in my new career, and it seems that is hard to find.[/quote]

I always see this (the wanting to stay home when kids are older) - and just want to chime in that you don't need to be home as much as you think. I stayed home for 8 years and it was great for us. I totally and completely lucked into a job through an old connection/good friend when my youngest started K five years ago. It is full time, but I can choose my hours and stagger with DH so he stays home in the morning until they leave for school and I am home with the kids by 5:15. But middle school kids do sports, activities, my oldest even volunteers in the winter (when sports aren't in session). It does require flexibility but luckily DH and I both have a lot of flexibility. But you definitely don't need to be home at 3 - or if you are your kids won't be most likely![/quote]

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