Just trying to see what people's opinions are. I recently applied for a job I was really interested in. Applied late one evening, got a phone call the next morning to have an interview the next day, so I possibly had quite a good chance of getting the job. Long story short, the job entailed staying till 10pm at night. It's 5/10 minute drive from home. I had to turn it down as my partner works nights and leaves at 9.40/9.45 to get into work. 3 children aged 12, 5 and 3. Would it be really bad of me to have even considered leaving the children at home on there own at night for 30 minutes? They would all be in bed. At the moment my flexibility to work seems really limited. I know some people will say, just wait until the children are in school before changing jobs but the type of I'm looking at does not come up very often. And often will involve evenings.