how old were your kids when you went to nursing school? I have a 6 year old son, 4 year old daughter, 1 year old son and am expecting our last baby this Dec.
I still have all my pre reqs to take and was thinking i would start those maybe next Sept (2006) and just take a class or two at a time. Alot of the classes i can take right online which is great for me.
For those who went to school while their kids were young, do you wish you had waited until they were older?
I should have finished college first but love, marriage and kids came first. So my two were 6 and 4 when I returned.I was 2 weeks short of 30 when I graduated.
It is truly a "mission organization" to manage all the irons in the fire, but it is worth it.
i never felt more split as they wanted to play w/me as soon as i got home.
the baby would crawl to me, wanting to be picked up.
it was horrible not to be able to spend time w/them-always focused on homework....for close to 3 yrs.
in hindsight, it certainly doesn't seem they were deprived. but i missed out on some milestone developments w/my youngest- his 1st steps, his first words.....ahhhh, can't look back. bottom line is don't let the guilt get to you- your kids will be just fine, as much as we like to think we're indispensible. :chuckle
P_RN, ADN, RN
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I should have finished college first but love, marriage and kids came first. So my two were 6 and 4 when I returned.I was 2 weeks short of 30 when I graduated.
It is truly a "mission organization" to manage all the irons in the fire, but it is worth it.