[Laneco]

Steve and I have two kids, both teens, not old enough to drive. He works full time stationed at home, I work full time wandering all over the country.

I'll be blunt: It sucks.

Work out cooperative agreements with other parents - rotate hauling kids around. You take everyone's kids for a day or two or a particular week, they haul yours other than that. Older kids can take a bus, ride a bike, walk. If you have relatives, enlist them, especially the ones that don't work. Don't lay on any family member or other parent too heavy, split it up so no one gets burned out.

Most of us cannot afford nanny's or au pairs etc. For us, this scenario is miserable. You will run your butt off every day shuttling kids and working full time. Missing the best of your job and kids while feeling pretty unappreciated by either.

For the stay at home person, no relaxation at all. For the traveling person, constant guilt about the poor parenting job, aggravation at the constant travel and an endless list of "things to do" on the day or two when you get home that absolutely do not include R & R...

angela