Anonymous wrote:Great post, OP.
I've been wondering the same thing. Right now, our kids are 11 and 8. When we started, I thought we might age out by the time oldest hit middle school (this past year) but that has not been the case at all. For one thing, our younger kid is only 8. Still needs supervision at home in AM and sick days, etc. Also, when I look at what my neighbors go through in terms of finding and keeping afterschool drivers, I'm not very tempted by that route. It's kind of expensive, I guess, but I see us having the AP for at least another couple of years even if the role is evolving towards one of being afterschool driver, and kid/family-related errand-runner. We still need the summer coverage too.
Right now, I'm guessing that we'll age out when oldest kid starts high school in fall 2018. But maybe not? I can see us potentially keeping AP as a glorified live-in afterschool driver, just to avoid the headache and stress of having to constantly find a new driver who is reliable, etc. DH& I are generally home by 6:30pm but we also value the fact that we are able to cook a nice dinner and are not constantly in transit ferrying kids during the dinner hour (our AP often is; we don't ask her to cook).
Many of the parents I know use uber to get their kids around
Much cheaper than an AP. We're done when our oldest is 12.
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