OP, does the school provide a searchable list of students' addresses so that you can arrange a carpool with nearby families?

Anonymous wrote:Wow! Maybe the hired driver can come inside the school and cheer your kids on during their sports events, plays, etc. Maybe he could even attend your parent conferences as well -- those can really be inconvenient. How about trips to the doctor? Wow, you've really hit on something here.
The next time I head to the airport, I'll just see if the driver wants to move in with us. Just think how convenient that would be.

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Dear SAHM, if you so concerned about my child, why don't you offer to drive my kid home when you drive yours home?
We are only a few blocks away from you. Oops, silly me, how could I forget --- you would rather socialize with the other
sAHMs and b$&@h about my lack of parenting skills.

At most schools, kids have a bus driver. What terrible parents to allow their kids to be driven to school by a bus driver!!!

Anonymous wrote:Wow! Maybe the hired driver can come inside the school and cheer your kids on during their sports events, plays, etc. Maybe he could even attend your parent conferences as well -- those can really be inconvenient. How about trips to the doctor? Wow, you've really hit on something here.
The next time I head to the airport, I'll just see if the driver wants to move in with us. Just think how convenient that would be.

Heaven forbid! It's so much nobler for mom to become a chauffeur.

Seriously, since when did driving become a requirement of parenthood? Luckily, no one told me or I'd be childless.

And do you feel the same way about meal preparation? Do you let STRANGERS cook for your child??? You know, like at a restaurant?

PP - you are very insensitive and judgmental.

Wow! Maybe the hired driver can come inside the school and cheer your kids on during their sports events, plays, etc. Maybe he could even attend your parent conferences as well -- those can really be inconvenient. How about trips to the doctor? Wow, you've really hit on something here.
The next time I head to the airport, I'll just see if the driver wants to move in with us. Just think how convenient that would be.

PP I am going to look for the card when kids are asleep.

Anonymous wrote:eeewwwww. I can only imagine the high self-esteem of a child that arrives at school/activities in a cab when the rest of the cohort is dropped off by a family member or steady nanny. My god, where does the outsourcing of our parenting responsibilities end!
I'd just love to see 1) the therapy bills for these kids and 2) the lovely retirement facilities they find one day for these "loving" parents. Cats in the cradle anyone?

As a middle school student in the early 80's our parent sent my sibs and I to NCS, Sidwell and STA in a a hired van. We stopped to pick up a couple of girls from Immaculata and a few from one other all girls school in Bethesda, I think. We all lived in upper NW DC and our families were not rich, but comfortable. I recall my mom saing it was @ $100 a month. We only did it during the winter months, as I recall. The guy driving was ANCIENT. I don't think the parents worried about being left alone because all the kids had sibs. Someone should start something like that now! Although the insurance rates would be brutal. None of us suffered any emotional trauma from being picked up in a van, as far as I know.

What makes you think the pe-k mom wanted a taxi - as noted before this could be done by another nanny or babysitter. Getting help to pick up a pre-k child could help a lot of working families or parents that can't get multiple kids picked up at the same time without having to pay a ton of aftercare just to buffer 45 minutes in a hectic schedule. I know stay at home moms and part time moms that spend time with their kids that would love a more official service like this so they wouldn't have to cobble in a part time worker.

Personally, I had to drive home at lunch 3x a week when our child was in pre-k because my nanny didn't drive. It took time away from my parttime schedule that was meant to be spent with my child But instead was mostly spent driving back and forth to work I did like being there for "getting out of class" and would not have hired Another person to drive ...but I worked close enough to be able to make that choice.

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Anonymous wrote:eeewwwww. I can only imagine the high self-esteem of a child that arrives at school/activities in a cab when the rest of the cohort is dropped off by a family member or steady nanny. My god, where does the outsourcing of our parenting responsibilities end!
I'd just love to see 1) the therapy bills for these kids and 2) the lovely retirement facilities they find one day for these "loving" parents. Cats in the cradle anyone?

. I took a taxi to high school everyday. My parents expected me to walk, but it was a long walk and I had money from my movie theatre job. I would love such a service for my pre-k DD next year. It would buy me enough time to avoid aftercare everyday. How is that worse than a nanny?

Yes, it was this post. Please not she says she "would love such a service for my pre-k DD next year." Not a high schooler, a pre-k daughter. Really, this is a-ok with all the moms and dads out there?

Sorry - you posted before the prek reference (since that person actually quoted you) and just after my post about a high schooler. Nice try though.

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Anonymous wrote:eeewwwww. I can only imagine the high self-esteem of a child that arrives at school/activities in a cab when the rest of the cohort is dropped off by a family member or steady nanny. My god, where does the outsourcing of our parenting responsibilities end!
I'd just love to see 1) the therapy bills for these kids and 2) the lovely retirement facilities they find one day for these "loving" parents. Cats in the cradle anyone?

. I took a taxi to high school everyday. My parents expected me to walk, but it was a long walk and I had money from my movie theatre job. I would love such a service for my pre-k DD next year. It would buy me enough time to avoid aftercare everyday. How is that worse than a nanny?

Yes, it was this post. Please not she says she "would love such a service for my pre-k DD next year." Not a high schooler, a pre-k daughter. Really, this is a-ok with all the moms and dads out there?

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Anonymous wrote:eeewwwww. I can only imagine the high self-esteem of a child that arrives at school/activities in a cab when the rest of the cohort is dropped off by a family member or steady nanny. My god, where does the outsourcing of our parenting responsibilities end!
I'd just love to see 1) the therapy bills for these kids and 2) the lovely retirement facilities they find one day for these "loving" parents. Cats in the cradle anyone?

13:11 here. A nanny isn't necessary for a high school age kid. Using a taxi was a time to time event when one of us was traveling for work. Work that pays the tuition bills. The child in question seems to have survived quite nicely. Many private school kids are taking the metro to school so not sure how a cab is going to cause self esteem issues.

Excuse me. Please go back and re-read the post that I was responding to referred to a pre-k DD! The fact that someone else referred to a high school aged kid is irrelevant. Obviously, high school is different. This person was talking about a very young child.

Anonymous wrote:eeewwwww. I can only imagine the high self-esteem of a child that arrives at school/activities in a cab when the rest of the cohort is dropped off by a family member or steady nanny. My god, where does the outsourcing of our parenting responsibilities end!
I'd just love to see 1) the therapy bills for these kids and 2) the lovely retirement facilities they find one day for these "loving" parents. Cats in the cradle anyone?

13:11 here. A nanny isn't necessary for a high school age kid. Using a taxi was a time to time event when one of us was traveling for work. Work that pays the tuition bills. The child in question seems to have survived quite nicely. Many private school kids are taking the metro to school so not sure how a cab is going to cause self esteem issues.

I had a friend that found another nanny and then a college student to pick up their pre-k kids to bring home 2x a week because her regular nanny could not drive and the kids got out in the middle of the day. This was a regular person with references.

At our school, there were a bunch of kids who all rode together in a limo to and from school. The parents got together and found that the limo was cheaper than other options. Kids all together to help make it safer than if alone.