Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I left my career at 38 to stay home with my child. I struggled with guilt, identity loss, and my changing relationship with money.

When our first child was born, we decided I would stay home, caring for our baby. I had a thriving career, but my pay was low, and childcare was expensive. I love being a mom, but staying at home made ...

I didn’t plan on being a stay-at-home mom—in fact, when I quit my sales job in 2019, I didn’t even know I was pregnant. My husband had accepted an exciting new job in New York City, and the ...

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At 38, I faced the toughest decision of my career: whether I wanted to continue working. I had been working since I was a teenager and had never considered not doing so. When my husband and I got ...