WhiteCloud
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- Dec 20, 2002
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The hard reality of being a parent and also travelling for a living is that when you are away for 3 or 4 days you just can't get that time back with your family. It's gone. Many of the posters have found ways to compensate for that to a certain extent and that's a good thing. For a child, 3-4 days away from Dad or Mom is a very long time. There is no escaping the fact that parents that travel lose many opportunities to influence the lives of their children. If you're not there you're simply not there and it doesn't really matter to a child why you're not there. There's no doubt that being away is a sacrifice but it's up to the individual family and their goals and values to decide if their particular situation is worth it.