I also wanted to mention a non-financial issue that I'm not sure how you put a price on it... but both my parents were workaholics. At the end of the day, as a teen - my siblings and I were often left to our own devices. Now none of us ended up in jail or anything... well, with the exception of my sister who got arrested for shoplifting. I can't help but think if they had been more involved and not so much into the workaholic mode... they would have been more aware of the struggles and issues we faced as teens. I wouldn't have had an eating disorder that went unnoticed, my sister wouldn't have done drugs or got into stealing, and well my brother was probably the only stellar one since he was the oldest and held to a higher expectation. Soooo... grant it, in the end, 10 years later we are all okay... but its a consideration in my mind when I think of how much I want to be a business woman in balance with my children.
But I'm not sure how you weigh that with the whole picture yet I just wanted to bring it up cause I think people can forget that even as the kids get older... they still need attention, just a different type and a second job may still need to be somewhat lax as if the kids were younger.
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