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B

I guess the most important thing at the moment is whether or not your family situation is a struggle or a blessing. There's nothing more important in a childs life than being raised by a parent. At least for the first five years of their life.

Now, before my wife and I decided to start a family, we didn't think too much about who was going to look after the kids after that inititial year. My mother in law helped out with our first child, and when she could continue for health reasons, I made changes in my work to allow our children to remain at home. I switched my hours from working 5:00 AM - 2:30 PM, to working 3:30 PM - 12:00 AM, to working from Home 20 hours per week, to eventually quitting. Not every situation is the same. However, there is one constant, the kids. We get compliments on our kids behavior constantly. Their manners, the demeanor, and their genuine kindness to others. I would never change the decision I made. I'd do it again in an instant. In fact, I'm still doing it.

My son is in Kindergarten at the moment, and my daughter is in grade 2. When my son heads into grade 1 this September, I'll decide then what I am going to do. I was a pencil pusher as well, and am not really looking forward to heading back to that line of work. While looking after my children for the last two years, I developed a passion for photography and have gotten good enough that our local community club has requested I do the team photos at this upcoming soccer season. I coach soccer in the summer and hockey in the winter. I've done some freelance photography and wrote a couple of sports related articles, that were published in a local paper. B, at 41, I have no intention of limiting myself this Fall. I just have to decide what I'm going to do, and then do it! Chin up! Life doesn't end at 47. Life ends once you've given up, and I have no intention of giving up.

Cheers

Arthur

Aude aliquid dignum. {Dare something worthy.}

I'm been trying to get back into the workforce after 17 yrs. of being a Muti-integrated Resource Manager of Organized Mayhem (MRMOM) for short. I was and still am a Director of Ambiguous Diversification, don't know what it means, but that's the point.

As a SAHD who is married to a career woman, I have gone through the whole Mr. Mom thing with my wife. It was hard to get her to understand that I am going to do things diffreently than she did when she was at home. After 3 years she has finally given up and is letting me do everything. We are happier and she doesn't have anything to do when she gets home except be with the kids. That transition from me being the bread winner to here being the bread winner was a difficult one but we got through it and our kids are the happier for it.

Thanks for reading...and Happy Fatherhood!


E

Sorry to hear that, B.

There are lots of options availabe online so that you can stay with your kid and do a job by working from the internet. If that doesn't work for you, you could try some other options like a part-time job, which will keep getting the money in.

You could learn so much from the internet that you can mention in your resume. I don't know much clerical jobs, but there may be some software or some technology or technique that can be learned on the net. It requires dedication. Nobody is ever too old to learn a new skill.

P.S. Nobody really has special skills. We all project that we do.

I have a 10 month and a 2 1/2 year old. Both of my children have special needs. I am not done with a degree and have a ways to go. I have not been able to find a permanent job. Even before the children were born. (I am trying to work at night, virtual assistant job, or weekends.) My wife and I tried daycare and that was a disaster. I will not be able to go back to work until our children go to school. I am 41 years old. I don't have any special skills other than clerical. Which getting jobs in the clerical field and being male is difficult and getting harder as I get older. Does anyone have any suggestions for someone in my situation? Is there any hope of finding work after my children go to school? Signed, the unemployed for 10 years, stay at home dad who will be about 47 years old when I can start looking for a job outside the home.
P.S. I don't have any special skills.