[bsvalley]

My answer is very practical but it's close to reality. Time won't be your main concern... money will force you to go back to work to get a 9-5 stable job. If you chose the entrepreneurial route and you haven't even started yet, forget about building a family, unless you've already built a stable business - or - your wife goes back to work right after delivery of your baby. Assuming her salary can support the entire family AND she gets really good health benefits from her employer.

If she doesn't have a job, as a wannabe entrepreneur you won't have much income nor any health benefits. You'll have plenty of time, but no money to live. Having a baby (in the US) costs A LOT of money. Before, during and after.

So don't think too much about building a family if you haven't even started your entrepreneurial journey. Thinking about being distracted by kids at home after work is a 9-5 people's problem. Entrepreneurs can survive with no money. Having kids will make that almost impossible. You can totally build a family now but your personal goals we'll be delayed by a lot of years until your kids become financially independent.

[Lordarminius]

> Time won't be your main concern... money will force you to go back to work to get a 9-5 stable job

I agree 100% with you. The need to support a family is the greatest graveyard of entrepreneurial dreams.