My wife and I got married while we were both young and in college. We intended to finish schooling but the honeymoon was a success and boom! our eldest son arrived 9 months later. I dropped out, she stayed home. I worked multiple jobs. When our son was 1 she started taking classes again. Then our oldest daughter came! I felt strongly that I too needed to resume my education. So I did, while working 40-50 hours a week. We trudged through undergrad this way, me working insane hours, her taking care of the kids and both of us doing our courses. As we approached graduation, we found out our second daughter was on the way. We were both also on track to apply for graduate programs. We prayed earnestly about what to do, and didn’t get a clear answer, but both our programs were tough to get into so we figured we would apply and let God determine our path. We were flabbergasted when we were both accepted! But had faith that the Lord knew what the plan was. My doctoral program was intensive, M-F classes all day for two years prior to clinical rotations for a year, and my wife’s program was Friday nights and all day Saturdays. We had no external family support, it was us and the Lord. But we buckled down, had our second son the final year of our programs, and graduated back to back weekends. My wife is now the school counselor at our kids elementary school. It’s awesome. With the big kids all day and summers off. I have a successful therapy practice and lots of flexibility. We just welcomed our fifth child. All this to say, it’s possible to do both. My wife and I have both been blessed with intelligence and a capacity to help many of Gods children, our own and the ones we see professionally. We both serve faithfully in our church callings. I hope the fellow in this post and his wife experience the same joy we’ve found!