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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH here.

My wife has always insisted on driving our kids to school. Last one is a junior in high school. On the days that my wife works it is expected that I will drive my DD to school often ironically behind the school bus that drove past our house that would have picked up my DD to take her to school.

I will admit part of my frustration comes down to values and equal treatment. My DW will look at me and tell me to get over it if I complain about my extended commute or any other frustrating aspect of adult life but we can't teach our kids grit and resilience by taking the bus. My DW does not get  that my frustration is about values - how can we teach them the value of the work when Dad is supposed to interrupt work to take them to school behind the very bus that we pay to drive them. I try and tell my wife that we need to raise resilient kids instead we cater to every whim. I realize I sound whiny and perhaps self indulgent but heck I took two city buses to school and two home.

And I'm not the only one - there's a cop directing traffic at the school drop off zone as no one takes the bus ?

I don't get it but I don't think as parents we are helping. [/quote]

How does taking the bus teach them "the value of work"? They're sitting on the bus. And, frankly, it's absurd we live 5 miles from our MS and the kids have a 40 min. bus ride (we are toward the end of the route). Kids further up (by a mile or 2) are on the bus nearly an hour. At 620 in the morning! And all b/c the county cannot prioritize transportation needs.

To be clear, my daughter takes the bus b/c she likes being with her friends. But, I have offered to drive her for these very reasons. I don't think your wife is wrong or off base. You just don't want to be inconvenienced. You have a spouse issue, thus, not a "kids these days aren't resilient" issue.

All they do is sit on their butts on the bus, btw. Not some great teaching moment.[/quote]

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