I used to travel a lot for work. It ate away at me as a parent — until I talked to my kids about it years later.

It was hard to travel across the country for work often and leave my family behind, but my kids ended up OK and don't remember. The job was worth it.

Source: [Business Insider](https://www.businessinsider.com/parent-traveled-for-work-hard-kids-ok-worth-it-2026-7)