Searching an unstable ecconomy

Recently I have been thinking a lot about how I will support my family in the current economy. I'm not one to get bent out of shape over the little problems but this is my family and so my direct responsibility. Through many changes I decided that I would like to be a Spanish teacher but the more I look at it the more I worry about providing for my family. I know that I would love it, and that I love spending time with my kids and wife but how well can I fulfill both of those?

A teacher does not often make enough to support a family on just that job which would mean that I would need to get another job (meaning less time with my family) or my wife would have to work as well, something that see is not eager to do at this point. Also, teachers tend to work strange hours longer than their pay affords if any teacher is to be believed.

I have thought some about looking more into a job working with computers, as it is my minor anyway. I have been reluctant to go that way because I am not sure how much I would like to program all day. I am not a hard core programmer but I have been programming for quite a few years now and spend a lot of my time doing it. I say that I am not sure if that is what I want to do all the time and yet, currently, it is what I do all the time. It seems a little two sided to me too, but those are my feelings.

The more I think about providing for my family, the more I become more amenable to going that way. It seems to be one of the few markets that has been little effected by the dip in the economy and pays pretty well at the end of the day. Besides that it allows for a little more structure which I want to have for my family.

Is it the right choice? Only God knows, I'll check in with him before I make a final decision, but for now I must ponder it ot in my mind.