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I would either drive to school, or perhaps find out if there is some sort of group of parents that rotate walking children to school. Other than that, you will need to ask your job to be flexible and see if they will allow you to make up an extra 30 minutes each day to get your kids to and from school. My daughter school is a 15 minute walk both ways, so 30 minutes per day. I get a one hour lunch break and two 15 minute breaks, so my job allows me to take my breaks at the times when I need to pick up and drop off for school. If I go over the time, I usually just make it up on my lunch break or some thing. My job is somewhat flexible. As long as all my time is punched, they don’t see a problem with making time up a little bit. I would ask your manager or supervisor how they feel about that.
Walking to school?
Hi, I'm a mom of a kindergartener. He's starting school next week for the first time in the middle of the year because we just moved into a state with mandatory kindergarten.
I work from home full time and am a SAHM full time too. Where we live, we're zoned for no bus transportation, so I will have to walk my son to school 5 days a week.
I work 5 am- 1pm everyday, which works great because being at home, it avoids that magical hour every afternoon that the children like to scream non-stop.
I need advice, life stories, and tips for getting kids to school in the morning while on shift break. School is a 15 minute walk from our house, and my breaks are only 15 minutes. I've been keeping the kids up late and letting them sleep late so most of my work is done before they wake up -- well, that's changing!
The last part of this is that we have no family or friends in this state and cannot afford to hire someone.
I CANNOT lose this job, or switch my hours, or drop to part time, or work weekends because my other job is on weekends. With covid, we're on the crux of losing our house as it is.
Please help? How do you juggle walking to school with multiple kids during your work hours?
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Carpool!! My mom was a single parent and worked before I even got up. A carpool saved her life when I was that young. Try finding some parents with kids in the area. You could offer some gas money?
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Or if it’s only 15 minutes, you might be able to find a parent with kids nearby willing to just add him to their group walk. I would definitely do that for a neighborhood parent if they needed it.
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