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[quote=Anonymous]I did this when my kids were 7 and 9 grades.  The carpool for sports became overwhelming.  The homework help a bit and what I realized was just stuff to do - the kids eat more so I'm shopping and cooking all the time lol even though my kids actually are good at making their own breakfasts for dinner and they actually can do a lot big themselves.

I think a lot has to do with private/public - ours do private and it's a lot of sports and for myself I just couldn't balance a management position with it all.  I agree that my older kid really isn't home much but for my MS kid yeah it's the activities.  While I suppose I could hire a driver though I really don't know where you find one for just this kind of activity driving - it really does make sense I do it myself in the context of her age.  I want to hear about her day and her friend groups.  It's less being involved and more that she knows I'm there to listen and I am aware, I'm around if she needs me.  It's psychological.

I also think a lot have to do with kids' personalities - my older has learning disabilities and my younger has social anxiety so they aren't totally easy kids.

I think I'll prob return to work next year so it's less than 2 yrs total I want to take off but for me I feel better about things.  It's a lot not just for them but me too!  Pretty soon they will be out of the house and won't talk to me prob at all!  I just wanted 1-2 years to focus on them and myself.

There's no right or wrong but I would say as someone who had a nanny when they were younger, it's the MS years that you see these needs from parents - the younger years you really can get by on help.  When they are old enough to know it's hired help v their parents - that's when it matters who is giving them attention.  The elementary years are def easiest for us.  It's truly just the MS years and maybe the transition into 9th esp in Pvt school which is totally difft than public setting - as a parent with experience in both - I can easily see that the latter doesn't require as much esp if you have 2 or less kids and they are on the easy side. Otherwise yeah, it's the right thing to do as a parent, it really is.[/quote]

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