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Q:

Dear Goldrush,

I have owned my own school for fifteen years. I opened fresh out of college; young, single, no kids and lots of time to devote to my business. Seven years ago I was married, but still managed to continue to run my business and spend time with my husband, even if it was at 9:00 at night. Two years ago I had my first child and now I’m due with my second at the end of the year.

I’m finding it hard to balance the parental responsibility and the school responsibility with just one child and now I’m panicking; wondering how I’m going to manage two! I missed my daughter’s first steps (the baby-sitter called me to let me know) and so many other precious “mommy-baby” moments because of my schedule. I don’t want to do that again.

My problem is that I teach all the classes and manage my school all by myself, with a “dance mom” who handles the desk part time. I’ve tried to bring in a new teacher twice, but the parents become upset when I don’t teach their children; each time that I brought in the new teacher (one was much better than me), I started getting phone calls from angry parents and I lost several kids.

How do I get myself out of this predicament — I love my school and my students, but I love my daughter and my new baby more. I wouldn’t be able to survive financially without my school. How do other teachers do it? I need some advice.

Thank you, Illinois

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