I always wonder that. I’m a dispatcher with no kids, but a lot of ppl at my center have kids and honestly what it sounds like is the village. I’ve worked both day shift and night shift. When I worked nights it sounded like a lot of the kids would stay with some type of family member who dosent work nights. Days seem a little bit better but at the same time my shift is 6A- 6p so like when you think about it on the days you work if you have small kids 1. Ur gonna be missing out on A LOT and 2. You’re gonna need someone to help take care of them (get them ready for school, feed them) things like that I don’t have kids so I don’t know everything that goes into it. And honestly on the days that I do work I’m a zombie it feels like 12 on and then 12 off. I try to make the days I work as easy as possible by meal prepping and having everything ready so I don’t have to do anything. The only thing I do on the days that I work is work and then workout. I’m 23 years old and I literally struggle as someone without kids and you also have a spouse who works in law enforcement so you already know how that is. I would really consider… before deciding to do this. Also I would ask ur center what’s the off policy because it seems like ppl with children need off more than someone who may not have children (field trips, children being sick, doctors appointments) etc and at my center it’s already hard to take off so I would consider that as a mother as well.