re: Working parents with young school kids…how do you pull it off?

This is one of the reasons why I stopped working when my oldest started school. We don't have family around us willing to help and while I made a good salary, I was generally the one making sacrifices in my career because my husband made far much more and had way more potential earning power than I did. I don't regret it as this is where I need to be at this point in my life.

Find a SAHP at the school willing to pick up your kids and keep them until you get them. I used to do it for a couple of hours for a friend of mine and didn't care for that but 20 minutes is nothing. By the time I get my kid home, bookbags cleared out, coats/shoes put away, snack set out, 20 minutes are up. Are you guys part of any parents FB groups in your area? I see parents in your situation asking for someone to pick up their kids all the time and there are always people willing to help them out. Gas money doesn't hurt but that will be far less than $500 a month. :)

9 year old should be about ready to be home alone.

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I was told "legally" it's 11 to be home alone.

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In Louisiana there is no minimum age, but if something happens to a child that is 10 or under while a parent is not home, then criminal charges against the parent can be filed.

Work nights

I don't know what we'd do without my mom. She takes my kids to school and picks them up on the days my wife works