Should You Pause Your Career for Your Kids? A Stanford MBA Who Did It Has Answers

0 June 4, 2026 07:00

In this episode of The Parent Chat, Dylan Dreyer sits down with Neha Ruch, author of The Power Pause, for an honest conversation about what it really means to step back from your career for your kids, and how to do it without losing your sense of self.

They dig into the questions parents actually wrestle with: How do you know if pausing is right for you? What do you do with yourself when the external metrics of success disappear? And if you can’t pause — what then?

Plus: why your career has zero impact on your kids (but presence does), the comparison trap that hits hardest at the playground, and Neha’s parenting win — nailing the sex talk so thoroughly her son was horrified she’d done it twice.

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