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[quote=Anonymous]I am finding that, as challenging as it was to be a WOHM when the kids were little, it's even harder now that they are older elementary and middle school.
The nanny can't really supervise their homework adequately.  Honestly, some of this stuff is so complicated, I have trouble figuring it out (and I have 20 years of education).  Plus both my kids have ADHD and anxiety and need weekly therapy.  I usually take off to take them to that, as the therapists always want to check in with me.  And then there's the school meetings for the 504 plans, the additional school meetings with teachers, the psychiatrist appointments for medication, the regular doctor appointments, the dental appointments, the orthodontics appointments, the things that they need parent chaperones or volunteers for (which my kids want me to do at least one or two a year...there are usually about a half dozen or more per kid per year).  I am CONSTANTLY taking time off work.

I recently saw a former colleague who did quit when her kids were this age, and I told her "Now I get it."  She said "Don't do it!  You'll never get back in!"  I think her kids are in college now, so now she's at loose ends.

As usual with parenting, there's no easy decisions.[/quote]

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