SAHP with tweens or teenagers

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Hi all, I was a SAHP until a year ago (DS are 9 & 7). I work with teens, have loved having my own life away from the home & find my work really rewarding. I was really lonely & depressed as a SAHP because I didn’t have a support network around me & didn’t know any other SAHPs. While a lot of the talk is around how little children need a parent at home, I’m noticing how much tweens & teenagers need that too. Not in the same way of nap times & toddler groups, but to be there & listen & be emotionally available. My work is emotionally challenging & I often come home completely wrung out & then feel I have to start a second shift of supporting my own kids emotionally. So I’m thinking of making the move back to being at home when my eldest goes to high school, has anyone else done this? Any thoughts? I’m torn because I feel they will need me but I am generally happier in myself working part time for the reasons above.

I have actually made the decision to become a SAHP to my kids who are / will be entering puberty soon for exact that reason you mention.
I went back to work part time when the younger were 2y old, gradually over the years increased hours and have been working full time for over a year now. Work is super busy and stressful, includes overtime since there is just so much to do. And although the work itself is very interesting, I feel it’s just not worth it anymore.

My husband works a lot as well, so we are both not around enough, I feel. And my impression is that they need us more now, because being present, guiding them, talking to them is something I cannot delegate to babysitters or afternoon care at school.

The idea of me workinf part-time was considered and quickly discarded by me, since it would be the worst if both worlds in my case . (I know of other lucky people who are lucky to be in a part-time work setting that actually works and is satisfying, though.)

I am still working, but am really looking forward to my new life as a SAHP soon!