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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reflecting on this post, as someone with a PhD and had many friends with PhDs. PPs are right I don't know a single one, even my very religious friends, that were able to have 4 kids. And know none with tenure. I'm 38. So OP, with 4 kids under 6 can't be that much older than me. [/quote]

I know two women like that.
One is 35, a star in her field, 4 kids, and a husband in the same field but much less of a star:)

I also know many tenured female profs with 3 kids, know those who had kids in college but it did not deter them from getting a PhD and being well-known in their respective fields. Many of them are my friends and I see that they are great mothers, researchers, and teachers. 
Some people are very smart and very organized.

I am saying this as someone who left academia for a corporate job, only has 2 kids because of infertility, and makes 130k.

I am less of an achiever but I admire women who manage to rock it.

You go OP! I am sure if you have tenure and 4 little kids, you'll manage to make it outside of academia too.

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So strange, I attended two, a top 3 and top 10 university and know 0 people that fit this description. I only have one physician friend with 3 kids, one academic with 3 and that was an accident. My only friend with 4 kids quit the workforce (I'm a millennial so presumably the OPs age).[/quote]

Judging by the academic mama fb page, there are quite a few women with 3+ kids.

As I said, I personally know 2 professors  with 4 kids, and at least four with 3 kids (not all of them were in my PhD cohort, but across the 4 cohorts). [/quote]

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