I work ~70 hours a week with 2 young kids.
- Wife gave up career (for now) and is a stay-at-home-mom
- Remote-only job
- Schedule is 9am-530pm, 9pm-2am, Sunday night through Friday at 530pm. From Friday night through Sunday at 9pm I usually don't work.
My children are home around 530 and asleep before 10, and weekends are all for them, so basically I work most of my free time. I am highly dedicated to my work.
It is a somewhat monastic existence, but things were getting easier until we had the second child. Kids are a sacrifice - view the early years as an investment. Children are the OG startup, after all.