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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do you take pressure off the 5:30-7:30 window. As a fellow 2 working parent household that time frame is literally our only family time each day. Cook dinner, talk to your kids, enjoy being together. That chunk of time is the last place you want to outsource or bring other people into. [/quote]

That is exactly why it is important to take the pressure off of it, though. I dread that time because it is so incredibly stressful--have to pick up one kid by 5:30 and pray the bus isn't late, race to the other school to get second kid before 6, race home to get dinner started so that we can eat no later than 7, get everyone to eat enough and still be finished by 7:30, then go straight into bedtime routines with the goal of kids being in bed by 8. It's family time, yes, but it's not exactly quality. And then there are the nights with sports practice or what-have-you where we don't even get home till 7 and have to start the mad dash then.

OP, the main thing we have done--which does help--is meal kits and grocery delivery. I used to grocery shop Monday nights after school pickup and that was always rough with two tired kids. It's well worth the added cost for us. If I had more money to throw at that window, I'd also have someone pick up the 6 pm kid so that I could just get the preschooler and come home, and the elementary school kid would be arriving home at the same time. That would save us a lot of chaos/stress (and have the added benefit of letting the elementary kid leave aftercare half an hour earlier). Generally, I'd just think about logistics and how you can make them easier. Dropoffs are not as painful for us since we each drop off one kid (not possible in evenings because DH can't leave work early enough) but I can see that being hugely helpful for some families too.[/quote]

You don’t need a housekeeper.  You need someone to help with picking up your kids [/quote]

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