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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are a dual career couple?

My kid is in first grade, but it looks like kids start specializing in their sports by at least third grade, which means after school practices. I also have a younger kid I like to see every day and right now I enjoy eating together as a family every night. How do people manage to take their kids to after school practices without disrupting family life or work constraints.

We are not a family that has the luxury of a lot of work flexibility. Do we need to hire a driver, nanny, or someone so my daughter doesn't miss out on sports? [/quote]

It is not easy.  We try to carpool as much as possible.  Some seasons (notably, spring) are harder than others.  Perhaps you can find some activities where you can do the lion share of the transportation and then you can find a family who can do the lion share for another activity.  For example, there may be an activity early mornings or right after school, right at the school, one or two days a week.  You could offer to drive to all of those which can help a family who may have young children at home who may not want to get them in a car early in the morning.  Then another season that family might have an easier time bringing your kid to the soccer/baseball/LAX/track/pool/field, etc.  You'll hopefully find, as we do, that when we are planning, a few weeks before registration we are sending and receiving texts to try to schedule carpools.  I won't lie:  it doesn't always work out and then it is a real pain.  There are many times while one kid is in a field practicing, my other kid is in the attached playground, and I'm in the car between the two either on a call or on a laptop working.  It is a scramble at times but it somehow comes together.[/quote]

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