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Interesting. I'm a career person and just recently got the opportunity to take care of my brilliant niece and nephew (I'm very biased...I admit it) while their parents were taking care of family business for two weeks. They live in Florida.

My staff at work game me 72 hrs. before I would cave...well they were wrong. Taking care of the house and the kids was a lot of fun....but I missed the decision-making, the memos, the negotiating, putting out fires, etc.

I had everything super organized and timed to the minute. Pick a child up, do homework, pick the other child up, drop one off at swim practice while the other does homework. Come back, check homework, drop second child off at swim practice. Come back make dinner, pick the children up, have dinner, homework, piano practice etc., etc. By the third day I had everything down pat. By the fourth day I missed work.

I consider myself fortunate. Not everybody gets to see if both sides of the fence. In my case I found both sides green, I just preferred one side more than the other.

By the third day I had everything down pat. By the fourth day I missed work.

LOL....I knew someone like that. He had an extremely high level job and did great, but when his wife took off for a few days out of town to go to a funeral or something, and he had to take the of the kids, oh, what a disaster. :)