Is it possible to take this job as a single parent?
I'm currently going through the hiring process for 911 in Canada. I'm a single parent to 3 kids, 2 still at home, ages 16 and 12. My question comes because I have a friend who recently quit this job as she was missing time with her young children. My boys are older so it's not as big an issue as far as that goes, but she mentioned that "unless someone is actively dying in your family, you cannot leave work". The job I'm hiring for is the closest around and is 45 min away. I'm wondering how this would work if one of my kids gets sick during school hours and I'm unable to pick them up. I want to be very realistic about what this job would look like. Are there any other single parents who are making it work? I have family around but none who are available during the hours of 8-3:30 so that makes me question whether it's even a possibility.