I don't understand how it's even possible. aren't pretty much all families double income these days?
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sep 1, 2025, 8:11 pm • 11 0 • view
Yep. It’s definitely a status thing in our town for sure… not many jalopies in the car pick up line
sep 1, 2025, 8:31 pm • 2 0 • view
I had 2 working immigrant parents who never learned to drive. We didn’t own a car til my sister got her license and that was used primarily to ferry heavy groceries. “You hev legs donchu? You wawk!!” But we were blessed with pavements and crossings in suburban Melbourne in the 70s unlike the US now
sep 1, 2025, 8:38 pm • 3 0 • view
Not sure if it’s a lot of work from home folks taking advantage of a flexible schedule or what but the line to pick up starts at least 30 minutes before school lets out… it’s insane
sep 1, 2025, 8:19 pm • 7 0 • view
There are also still a fair number of stay-at-home parents out there. I would not be surprised if there are more in places like Tennessee where housing prices are a bit lower, too.
sep 1, 2025, 8:28 pm • 0 0 • view
Yeah I think COVID/teleconferencing has weirdly enabled a lot of this by making schedules flexible and letting people take meetings from their car
sep 1, 2025, 8:20 pm • 15 0 • view
You can employ part-time nannies who cover this period between school letting out and the parents getting home.
sep 1, 2025, 8:38 pm • 0 0 • view