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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I personally wouldn't put a preK kid in a taxi either, but I would absolutely 1) arrange a multikid carpool, 2) hire a college student to escort my child home, 3) hire a SAHM to escort my child home, 4) put a preK kid on a school bus/van, 5) include a preK kid in a neighborhood group who jointly hired a van service to transport the kids, 6) arrange a standing playdate with another family which included transportation, 7) arrange for a family friend who drives a taxi to do the daily pickup.  Given that in all of these scenarios I have "farmed out" the transportation, does this put me in your "good mom" or "negligent mom" category? After all, I am not "there for my child" in any of them.[/quote]

These are all great ideas that make perfect sense and are reasonable.  I don't think anyone here is arguing that the balancing act we all engage in is wrong - just that the extreme cases seem very unsafe (car service, random driver, etc.).  What you are describing is using good judgement to find appropriate transportation for your kids.  The extreme, of course, would be if you made alternate arrangements for all of your child's activities/events/waking hours (or put your pre-k kid in a taxi).  If you were doing that, then, yes, you probably would have a child who felt neglected, etc.  Frankly, isn't that why we all struggle with the juggle -- b/c we don't want our balancing act to tip into neglect.  What you are suggesting, above, is totally normal and what we all do.[/quote]

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