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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who are these parents who have time to chauffeur their kids to various after school activities multiple evenings a week? Do you not work?[/quote]

Nope [/quote]

A lot of folks have afternoon nannies/sitters that pick up kids from school and take them to activities.  (Some have full time nannies as well even though their kids are in school.)  Not all working parents do aftercare.

Lots of folks have staggered schedules, go in early, have flexibility to do quick drop offs, etc.

I myself WFH (have long before Covid).  My job is very solitary -- it's very rare that I even have so much as one phone call or meeting in a day.  As long as deliverables are delivered, no one cares if I (or anyone else in my role) steps away to run errands, go to dr appts, pick up or drop off kids, etc., and this is particularly true in the late afternoon hours.  So I do the chauffering (with some carpools mixed in).  We do have a rule, however, that all activities need to be a SHORT and EASY commute.  So, e.g., my DD wanted to do gymnastics but the nearest gym was a total hike away on a traffick-y route, so it was a hard no.  [/quote]

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