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[quote=Anonymous]I feel for you OP, because I'm a lot like you.  I want to do the right thing, I want to be helpful and help others the way I'd want to be helped.  But I've learned to say no.  I've learned that my needs and my family needs are important too and that most people I know can manage okay if I say no.  I'm generally thought of as a pretty helpful person (If an acquaintance I know is having a hard time, I'll bring a meal, offer to watch kids for an afternoon, etc) but I now absolutely say no to long term favors to people who aren't my friends or family.  It's self-preservation, you don't give more than you are able to do comfortably.

And we know this mom can manage without this favor.  She sounds like she has the money to pay for extra help, she could let the kids walk themselves to the bus stop (isn't that the point of school bus stops that they are chosen to be within walkable distance of the child's home...), she could walk with them/watch them/monitor them via phone.  [/quote]

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