I'm not in the program, but my husband is a first year and we have a 3 year old and 19 month old. So, we are in the middle of it with two little ones. It's definitely a lot of work and time away from the family but completely doable, just need to have a good support system in place. I think the hardest thing is managing the guilt we feel as parents when we can't spend as much as time as we want with our kids...but like the other poster said..lots of others have taken this path, so it's something you can absolutely do!