Can I make a suggestion? As somebody who was stuck on "why" for a long time, I can see the wisdom 25 shares.
My suggestion is to put the "why?" question on hold for a day and focus on you and the kids. See how that works. Once you do that, regardless of how it works, try it for a week. Then a month.
Write in a journal or here how that goes. The idea is to test that theory. To test it you'll need to really put the effort into building it up to a month and see how that works.
It's a challenge. It's a test. You can rise to that, right?
AJ
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter" MLK Put the glass down... "Yesterday I was clever so I wanted to change the world Today I am wise, so I am changing myself."