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[quote=Anonymous]My kids are in 9th, 6th, and 3rd, and I don't see quitting the AP program any time soon, although it has its ups and downs. But the reality of the split shift schedule -- 2 kids out the door at 7 am, and the youngest not starting school until 9:25 -- means that we need that 3 hours of coverage in the morning. We also wouldn't be able to manage the kids' activities without an AP, as my spouse and I each have an hour commute and can't possibly get home to start picking kids up at 4:30 pm. Add in work travel, plus snow days, sick days, and date nights, as PP have mentioned, and we just can't manage without a third person with a flexible schedule who can take up the slack.

It doesn't make sense to look at full-time nannies/household managers, as there just aren't 6 hours worth of work in the middle of the day to be done, and a full-time person would probably double our costs. Not feasible. And I think trying to manage a part-time/flexible sitter is just as much drama as trying to negotiate an AP relationship -- mainly because of the turnover. I have several friends who can easily face two to three turnovers a year, simply because the kinds of people who are willing to do part-time gig work are students or otherwise in a transient phase of their lives.[/quote]

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