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Jennifer in Georgia. My husband and I both work outside of the home and have two school-age

kits prioritizing time together as a family is challenging with our current schedules. We've been

alternating picking up the kids from school based on our work schedules. This is not ideal, and our employers

are getting tired of it. Together, we earn over $400,000. The only debt is our home. I carry our health

insurance through my employer. I was recently offered a position that will give me the flexibility

our family needs. However, it is an hourly position with no benefits at $63 an hour.

Is it foolish to leave a well-paying job with benefits that I love in order to spend more time with the kids?

My heart tells me one thing, my brain tells me another.

Well, this is where I wish I had somebody on the phone, Dave.

But if we are collectively earning

over $400,000 and we like our work, the word love actually is used here, I'm paying somebody

to pick up the kids, maybe a college student or a grandmother. I just don't understand the problem here as to why we would

leave a job we love when we have no debt except the home and 400K income, and the problem

is picking up kids after school. And that's the way this is laid out, Dave. So I think there's

something more here under the surface, but I would not take the hourly position in this scenario at

all. Yeah, she switched gears in the middle of the email. That's the problem. She sets it up as

it's a work schedule thing. We can't pick up. We have trouble picking up the kids. The employers are

aggravated. But then towards the bottom, she says, is it foolishly well-paying

job with benefits that I love in order to spend more time with the kids? Right. So, which is it?

Because picking them up is not the issue. It's the second one, which is why she's asking the

question. And so when somebody says, my heart tells me one thing, my brain tells me another, the heart is with the kids, wanting flexibility,

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