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Wow. You are all impressive, devoted parents.

I don't work, so I'm free to drive my kids about, but there's no way I'm spending the afternoon in the car every day. There is a limit to the number of activities they pack in, just for everyone's sanity, and the planet (even in an electric car, that's a whole lot of pollution).

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Um....how old are your kids?  This is exactly what I thought when my kids were in elementary school. Now that they are in HS, parenting has a different set of expectations. And my kids do the bare minimum and take a bus to and from school. [/quote]

Same.  I thought it too and then came high school.  Would you tell them they can’t join the high school sports team? Practices have been at random times all of August, during the workday or evening.  Preseason practice was in June and July.  No, he can’t bike there with all of the equipment and it’s far.  It will be easier once school starts and we only have to pick up since practice is after school.

It complicates things because I still have a child in elementary who plays rec sports.  This means 1-2 practices in the evening and a game.  That’s not over scheduled but it can seem like a lot of driving to drop off at the field or gym, go to the HS to pick up, go back to the field of gym to pick up.  I can’t put the younger one in an Uber yet.  We really try to carpool and all of us are counting the days until my oldest can drive.  [/quote]

Yup, it’s exactly this. 4-5 days a week of back and forth, back and forth, back and forth driving from 3-7pm, and often later. Where I live everything seems 15 min away (6-7 miles), which doesn’t seem like a lot, but damn it adds up. Plus, no buses where I live. (Outside of DMV)[/quote]

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