If you had children/married young and now have a medium/high paying job how did you do it?

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Currently 25, working for low pay and in all honesty relying on dhs medium paying wage. Did children and marriage young (first child at 16) .

So if you also had children young and have a relatively well paying job how did you get back into it?

Am I still right in thinking a level three btec is the same as three a levels?

Had my first at 20, wanted to train to be a nurse but had to wait until she was 4 before I could go to college and get the maths grade I needed (had highers but not the grade I needed for maths), did college met my husband and had 2 more children with no support to do full time uni, eventually managed to get my nursing degree through the open uni, very expensive child care years though

I had my oldest aged 22 when working a gap filler minimum wage job. Fortunately I already had a degree.

I went back after 6 months for a mngmt promotion. Then after having their siblings by 25, I moved to anything office based and public sector, and then only stayed in each role for a year at a time; applying to the next grade up each time. So by 30 I was earning double what is started on.

I think being office based and public sector with a clear progression route was the key for me.

I'd still like to be higher qualified in a technical role.

I think it is, though from memory it was more about whether you had the maths and English GCSE equivalent (I think all unis require that) and if you didn't have standard qualifications if you could evidence that you'd be able to cope with the academic requirements of the course. We had a lot of people with unconventional education backgrounds including those who had been in care, were refugees, had spent teen years in hospital etc. They did seem to be quite flexible as long as they were confident you were in it for the right reasons and that you had good enough English to be able to write essays and do the work placements. With kids, you do need a good support network around you because it's a demanding role, but it's also a role where people are often parents (and majority women) so people obviously do find a way to make it work!