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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not a single mom but I have 3 kids and a husband with a very demanding job so I’m mostly on my own for the kids.

You can leave a 10yo at home alone for 2 hours. You can also drop off 12yo, come home or eat dinner with younger child and then go back to pick up the older child. I would not force child to do the activity she doesn’t want. I would try to find another activity for her.

My son is friends with two good friends with single moms. We often ask one another for rides. I also asked married moms so I don’t think marital status matters.[/quote]

Agree that plenty of married moms are in exact same boat.  I feel like whether I’m taking a kids to soccer or gymnastics or swimming lessons, there are pretty much always parents who’ve brought along a sibling who just has to wait through it or run an errand with a parent and then come back.  I wouldn’t sign a kid up for an activity they didn’t want to do, but we don’t have to treat them like little royals.  Sometimes you have to just come along to things. [/quote]

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