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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Go for it.
Moms on this board say "you're kids are only young once"  "you can go for it when your kids are older"
BS. 
Older working women know we have a limited shelf life.  In your 40's companies want you for Senior positions.  If you wait 5-10 more years, the opportunity may well expire.
Dads pursue high level, demanding positions- why shouldn't moms.
You must be very talented to be offered the job.  Do you really think your highest purpose will be better served carting around kids to soccer practice and hosting playdates?  
Go for it!  You can always scale back if it doesn't work out.
- C Suite mom of 4, raised by an awesome working single mom.[/quote]

+1,0000. Thank you!! I made a similar point earlier in the thread but you said it much better.

This job is not a life sentence! If it doesn't work out, you scale back but don't expect to have this opportunity again "when the kids are older". Many of the posters saying you should just do this in a few years clearly don't work. ?[/quote]

+1 Working mom, who didn't give up her "top job' for more than one year to stay home with her kids because she knew the opportunity wouldn't be available when she returned.[/quote]

Your kids won't be this age again either but we see where your priorities are.

Telling a mom to go for it and travel 3x a week when the DH already travels an entire week every other weeks is so selfish to those kids.  Just because kids are in school doesn't mean they should come home to the nanny and having some live-in nanny putting them to bed at night.  You want to outsource the raising of your kids and see them here and there?  Great but kids don't like it at all.

How many on their death beds say they wish they worked more and spent less time with their kids when they had the chance?  
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