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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How did the older GenX and younger baby boomers in dual working households get it done?  Not teleworking — not in 1999, 2001.  And no professionals in DC lived near their moms then so that also isn’t the answer

I do think commutes weren’t an hour+ each way then. But mainly we just … did it.

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They didnt parent M-F. Thats how. And I mean it. The kids took care of themselves and younger siblings. They got busses - most counties dont offer that anymore. There was less traffic and the remainder walked and so it was a necessity. But my mom born in 63 had a SAHM and only 1/2 day Kindergarten.

By the time she was a mom it was full day everyday kids in before care and after care she dropped us off at 7 and picked us up at 5/6. I went to private school for early years and I got dropped off by my Dad before his work (he taught at the Upper School) rode the bus to the US after school and stayed on the campus for 4 hours while my Dad coached and he didnt pay me any attention. Id go into classrooms, the gymnasium to play volleyball, lift weights in the gym with no supervision, swim in the pool, go to the dock, maybe help with practice, find coins for vending machine or beg the cafeteria staff for leftovers. Water was water fountain water or from the hose while trying to attrach manatees. 
Days off I was home or at the US or at my moms office playing minesweeper and learning to answer the phones. By 10, I was home all day before and after school expected to make dinner for everyone. [/quote]

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