He!he!he! Rebel has a great point.LOL! I think I have been very lucky to have a very supporting wife, as far as family concern. I think it's very important to have the family's support. Although I used to put more time to the gym and fighters in the past, I would always try to have quality time with my wife whenever I can (even before our child was born). e.g. If I go on tour with the fighters, lots of time I would try and get my wife to go if we can afford it. And sometimes we can't afford but we'll find a way for her to come anyway. If not, as soon as get back, I would make sure to have a little break away from Kick Boxing with her. But I didn't start doing that until about 3-4 years into our marriage. Lucky for me I didn't stuff it up prior to that. LOL!

I honestly believe that if things going well at home, it usually make you sharper and happier at the gym. And fighters can sense that. Positive vibes starts with the trainer. So when the usuall challenges happen with the fighters, you are probably more forgiving at the gym (sometimes.LOL!)As rebel said, there will be times when you feel they don't appreciate your help etc..Trust me, I've been there. LOL! I now give up trying to understand fighters mentality when they don't do what you want. It can only cause more stress..LOL! You probably understand by now being a trainer for few years that it comes with the teritory, as you are dealing heaps of different personalities, ethnics, religions, egos, laziness and so on.

Financially, it's a huge struggle and lost more than make, but in the past we've managed to cope as my wife was working full time and we had no children. I owe my success to her to be honest. Now we have a child, we had to alter our priority. Was it worth doing it in the past? Hell yeah!!! Perhaps if we did have children earlier, I might not be able to do what I've doing in the last 15 years. But having guys win titles and been to the K-1 in Japan was well worth it. And to top it off for me personally was being at the Olympic games. I wouldn't change the clock even with the frustration times (every trainers prevelidge lol!)like Rebel mentioned. I have a group of new young fighters coming up, so I expect more frustrations, but not get caught off guard anymore.LOL!