I guess I'm kind of on the opposite end of this. I started working at the gym shortly after DD started rec classes and I have really loved getting to know gymnastics from the coaches' standpoint as I have worked my way up.
So obviously I have one gymnast (trains 14hrs/wk) and then I also have an older child who is heavily involved with her own sport/art form.
It's more along the lines of "huh, how can I figure out a way to be able to spend more time with them since they are at their activities all the time?"...
I ask for work hours on several days while my gymmie is there anyways. That means I get to sometimes catch a glimpse of what she is doing, and get to teach at the same time. I only work a couple of hours/evening, and my other child's' activities keep her longer than that so me and gymmie head over to the dance studio when we are done at the gym and watch until older DD is done.
We spend a lot of quality time in the car.
Now, it so happens that *both* my kids are very involved in something and their passions are equally time consuming. I have absolutely no clue what I would do if I had a younger child also, or if one of them wasn't in something with similar commitments . Basically, I just wouldn't be able to do what I do now....