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Antartica. Working for the DPW (Dept of Public Works) at Burning Man one year. Zero-gravity flights. Wing-suit skydiving. Living in Amsterdam for a year.

This is just a short chunk of things copied from my bucket list. Kids don't mix well with the above activities.

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Actually most don't seem so bad. Burning Man sounds like a normal job - other people with kids have jobs, too? Zero-gravity flights only take a couple of minutes, maybe a day if you include the trip to the airport. It is actually possible to take a day off even if you have kids (assuming a supportive spouse, or, if you are alone, a suitable babysitter). Same for wing-suit skydiving, although admittedly it seems possible that you would be less keen to do that if you had kids.

Don't know about Amsterdam: they do have kids in Amsterdam, but perhaps you mean "a year living high on drugs surrounded by prostitutes"? No offense - just wondering why it would be incompatible with kids.

Antarctica: again, why not. Depends on what you want to do there. Also you can do some things when your kids are older.

Even taking a few months off doesn't seem impossible, with a supporting spouse. I think there are lots of parents who go away to remote locations for work (truck drivers and oil rig workers for example).

I would even say, living abroad for a while with your kids would be a bonus for them (granted they are not just 6 months old but a few years old).

They'll pick up a foreign language (even though Dutch is not the most important one) and see a different culture.

As promised, I'm back with an update!

After thinking long and hard about it, I agree with your premise. Kids should be compatible with the activities I still want to do in my lifetime. Thanks for the advice.

I have to drive for the next 2 hours, but I'm going to think about your comment quite a bit. I'll get back to you on this.