Are you managing to juggle a full-time job and young children? How and in what field do you work? Wi…

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Are you managing to juggle a full-time job and young children? How and in what field do you work? With my first, I didn't work before kindergarten. As soon as he started kindergarten, I was able to balance work, but I had to quit when he started school. For the first three grades, I drove him to and from school, then he walked by himself, but I still had to pick him up from school—plus after-school activities and clubs. I only went back to a full-time job when he was in fourth grade. Are there any who never quit? What do you do and what's your schedule?
I don't understand what's up with my baby today. After feeding, I put him in his crib as usual. 15 m…
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Lyudmila
When my oldest started kindergarten, I went back to work, but her grandma picked her up. Then I went on maternity leave again. Now I'm back working from 8 AM to 4 PM, but it's hard to balance everything, there's so much to do at home
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Anna Pankova
With your older ones, when they started elementary school, did you continue to work?
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Elena
I stayed on maternity leave with my older kids until they were 1.6 years old and then went back to work. While I was on leave, I didn't think about work at all, and remote work isn't an option in my job. Otherwise, it's a standard 5/2 schedule, from 8 AM to 5 PM.
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Marina
I'm a teacher, but my kids have walked to school by themselves since first grade. I take the kids to daycare, then head to work, and off we go!
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Anna Pankova
Independence, I get that. But in my child's elementary school, they required us to pick them up, regardless of whether they were independent or not. The kids were brought out and handed over to parents. So, I went there on my own, but had to come back with a parent. They wouldn't let me leave work, not even during my lunch break. Very soon, I had to make a choice.
Now I'm wondering how it will work out with my younger one.
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Kristina
With my older one, I didn't have a choice, I had to juggle work… With the little one, I'm not working right now
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Lolo
I only went back to work when my son was almost 4. He was sick a lot the first year of kindergarten. It's not super convenient with school right now, but we live in a small town. It's only about a 3-minute drive from work to the school, so I drop him off before work. I still have to drive him to his grandma's after school, but my boss is understanding.
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Elena
From 8 AM to 4 PM, close to home and school. But my job often means I can't leave at 4 PM. I try not to be later than 5 PM. Even with this schedule and being close to home, it's still tough. I only take my kid to chess near home. I don't have the time or energy to go anywhere further.
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Tatyana K
With my first, I didn't quit my job. When my daughter started kindergarten, I went back to work, and then school followed the same pattern. I worked as an economist on a standard five-day week.
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Anastasiya Kiseleva
I work from 9 AM to 6 PM. My husband works from 7 AM to 4 PM. I used to take our son to kindergarten, and my husband would pick him up. He went to after-school care in 1st and 2nd grade, and since 3rd grade, he walks home by himself. He has after-school activities in the evenings, which I take him to after work.
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Anna Pankova
Lolo It's great when your boss is understanding and your schedule is flexible.
I'm already thinking about where to go so I don't have to quit later because the schedules don't match.
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Anna Pankova
Tatyana K Did you walk to school by yourself, starting from 1st grade?
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Anna Pankova
Elena Our school isn't close by, we have to drive there. And the clubs are in different neighborhoods, so we have to drive to those too. My child was pretty independent, but not *that* independent. They only started getting used to traveling alone by 4th grade.
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Olga
I worked as a store manager in a chain store, close to home and school. We didn't have after-school care, so at first, I drove my son to school before work. Then, I'd leave work at lunchtime, pick him up, take him home, and go back to work. I was constantly on the phone with my son, and in the evenings, I took him to judo. This was the routine for the first 3 grades, then he could manage on his own. Now I've transferred to another chain store a bit further from home; the conditions are better and the pay is higher. But my youngest starts school in 2 years, so I'll transfer back to our neighborhood to be close by. Maybe I'll switch to remote work or become a neighborhood merchandiser, as they work from 9 am to 3 pm.
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Tanya
Not fully. I worked part-time during my maternity leave. When my son was in second grade, I worked part-time. My kids have a lot of after-school activities, and I'm usually the one driving them around to them.
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Nadezhda Zuevich
You can write a statement and the child will be released.
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