Being away from home as a Father and a Student

As a student in college you need to put all your efforts in getting good grades and being successful.  In my own experience, I think being both a father and a student is much harder than people realize because if you are away from your wife and kids it will be more stressful. For example, I am here in the Marshall Islands attending college but my wife and baby are in Kosrae. It is really stressful and hard because they need me to be there to support and help them. Some students may think that it can be easy for them to be a student and a father because they tell themselves that it is going to be easy and they never think about it carefully, but if they become a father they might want to quit or disappear. Focusing on my studies is hard but becoming a father as well makes it even harder than before. I have no time to go out with friends and no chance to have fun because now I have a small family to think about and my school work to focus on.  I used to complain but it was my choice and decision that puts me through all this hardship. Being a student and a father changed my life so I strongly recommend students to make wise decisions.