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School run – what's fair?

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ScoolRunnings · 27/06/2025 12:59

My son (6) has been accepted at a selective school about 5 miles from where we live, as have 2 of his classmates. 1 classmate has a younger sibling who will still be attending our local school, same as us. The other classmate has an older sibling who already goes to the school which is further away.

I was discussing with my partner about sharing school runs with the 2 other families, and said that the parents with 2 children at the school should maybe take on more school runs as we only have 1 child at the school, and another who needs to be dropped off at the same time at another school, as does the other family (single mum). He thinks that the fact that we have another child isn't really their problem, and that the school runs should be divided equally. What does the internet think? I don't mind being told I'm unreasonable and would rather know now!

OP posts:
Eldermileniummam · 29/06/2025 21:28

JJMama · 29/06/2025 12:30

OP says the other parent should do more as they have 2 kids there. They cannot dictate that. There ya go.

It sounds like OP was just discussing it with her partner and suggested those with 2 children do double the runs and he disagreed. I don't think OP was planning to dictate anything and had taken on board the comments.

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