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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Husband and I have differing opinions, please weigh in.

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I have two teen boys in high school. Dh does the morning drop offs. I do the pickups. There is no busing as they go to school in the next town, private school. The kid's schedules do not mesh with each other this term. School starts at 8:40 for the one and at 1100 for the other? Dh drops off at 8:15 or 8:30, so he can get to work. Assuming no  traffic, it is a 22 min drive each way. My 16 year old does not have class untill 1100. Dh wants to drop him off at the usual time and have ds do school work daily before class. 
That is 2.5-2.75 hours a day he will be stuck at school.

I work a very flexible part time job. I could drop older ds off for 1100. Dh thinks i am crazy to waste 45 min a day doing this. I though of maybe doing this 2-3 days a week. Dh says he would have had to wait at school when he was a kid and he shouldnt cater to the kids.

Note, he is okay with whatever i decide to do. I just think he is being a jerk. He thinks I'm too soft. But why make my teen's life harder?
Please weigh in.[/quote]

I agree with you. He's being a jerk.

Also, he's showing very poor foresight. Don't teach kids of any age that it's a good thing to make people's life harder - they'll learn and you  know, your husband will get old. Why twist yourself into a pretzel and incour into expenses to provide top-notch care when so-so care will keep the old man alive and it's not outright abusive?[/quote]

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