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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It depends on your environment. In NYC, from middle school onwards the kids do not need nor want a parent escorting them around. The subway and buses are fine. I knew a 4th grader who commuted to SAB afterschool because his mother had two smaller kids and couldn't drag them all to pick him up only to subway another 20 blocks with all 3 kids to drop him off at Lincoln Center.
If you are in car country, I can see why the 10+ years are important to be an on-call chauffeur. 
In my case, the 10+ years were when I could work longer hours because the kids got around on their own.[/quote]

If it was just driving, then it would be easy to hire someone to do it.  That's not the issue, it's that when they're in middle school they need time and attention from you.  Often, in suburbia, the car is where that attention happens, because kids are busy, so you need to fit it in around their interests, but those of us who live in places where things are walkable or there's good transportation, still need flexibility to find time with our kids around busy schedules.  
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