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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How long is the commute from your home to your kids' schools? How far is your office from your home and schools? And what are your typical work hours in a day?

It sounds like maybe you're losing a lot of time to commuting.[/quote]
OP, I'm assuming that your kids are young (maybe preschool and young elementary) given that they're both young enough to need before and aftercare and they're at two different schools. My recommendations, in no particular order, would be:

-Find at least one school closer to your home to shorten the commute time between that drop off and getting back to your house.

-Are you not eligible for a bus? WFH DH could (arguably should) be getting your kid on a bus. Or, if you live close enough that you're not bus-eligible, take the 10 minutes to drop your kid off or go pick your kid up.

-Can your kids be home while you're working for a couple hours, either in the morning or the afternoon? I have a preschooler and a kindergartener and, especially in the mornings, I can give them a bowl of cereal and then a puzzle or coloring page and tell them I'm working and they will mostly be quiet enough for me to work until it's time to take them to school. This especially works on days my DH WFH and can take a couple minutes to help if something comes up.

-Find a job closer to your home to shorten your commute on days you need to be in the office, or move closer to your office. My job and both my kids' schools are all within a 15 minute drive of my house. We moved closer to my job in order to make that work, because there wasn't work in my field closer to where we used to live. We have aftercare for both kids, but we don't have to use morning care. This wouldn't work if my commute was longer. The one downside of this setup is that I don't get more than a couple minutes to myself in the car after dropping off my second kid before getting to my office and starting my workday. I would really like more me-time in the mornings, but my kids will only be little like this for a little while, so I know I'll get that time back eventually.[/quote]

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