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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Outsourcing. Most people have a few of the following, as needed:
After care and camp
Au pair
Full time nanny
Full time or part time housekeeper
Lots of car pools
Gardener and/ or lawn guy
Family manager who makes appointments and meets the repair guy and does camp signups and vacation planning
Meal prepping service 
Tutor to help the kids with studying and homework
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I don't think *most* people with kids in my DCPS elementary school have a few of these. Many families do have parents who stagger schedules or use the school's after care.

[b]Once they hit middle school they can take Metro to their activities in their own[/b] or do the activities offered at the school.

Elementary school didn't have homework. In middle school they get some time to do it at school but can manage the rest at home.

Talking to other middle school parents, many of us have found that it was easier to use aftercare in elementary school but more useful to have a parent around more after school when they're older. Anyone can handle basic elementary school challenges, but middle school friend dynamics are more complicated and the teen brain wants to take different kinds of risks.[/quote]

No.
Not in DC at least, and not currently.    Maybe in some other city or in a different time.[/quote]

Weird comment. I'm not sure why you're writing off what my kids and their classmates do all school year. [/quote]

+1. Sounds like a person who doesn’t actually have older kids in DC. [/quote]

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