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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's really hard to be parents with dual power careers of multiple kids.  Truly.

When they get to 5th/6th/7th grades, you will be carpooling and you need to make sure they are all good on the school fronts.  They get easier in some ways but mentally, it's a lot harder.  When they are young, you need to manage their food/sleep/play date routines.  But the tweens/teens - you have to think about so many things - it really depends on what kind of kids you have and you just don't know that until they are there.

I would definitely suggest considering what life may look like in 5 years in context of your kids.  You may think it's chaos now but let me tell you as a mom to a learning disability 8th grader and a high achieving perfect student but extroverted busy as all hell 6th grader, it isn't easier.  It's different, it's manageable but I don't know that it's "easier" because I have a professional driver to go along with being a breadwinner :)

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I wonder about carpooling—it seems way more stressful to me than having an invariant daily routine of pickup/dropoff where I’m only responsible for my own kids and don’t have to think too hard because every day is the same routine.[/quote]

Are you serious?  Do you work?  If so, there is NO WAY that carpooling is more stressful unless you have a problem with people.  It's one less thing to do - unless your kids don't do anything at all.  Or I guess if they aren't young enough for activities?[/quote]

There are times where you can “set it and forget it” for a carpool and that’s great, but other times the other families (or the activity) has too many moving parts, unclear end times (so you are stuck at home so your kid doesn’t get dropped off to an empty house), or requires coordination and uncertainty each week. In those cases I would rather just drive, run errands or have me-time like exercising or sitting with a book, and then bring kid home. Some moms I know (of larger families) only choose activities when they can set up a reliable carpool in advance! [/quote]

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