Originally Posted by
Dahon.Steve
....It looks like families are going to have to rethink where they want to live or the women will just have to stay home and play chauffeur for their kids. Since most families can't afford this luxury, we'll see more migration to towns and cities that have adequate public transportation. Schools that are close and within walking distance will be in high demand.....The answer is simple. Towns in the burbs are going to have build more schools that are within walking distance. I know it means more taxes but that's life. There are no cheap solutions anymore when it comes to motorized transport.
Women staying home just to shuttle children around is not part of the solution. If there is no money for the second car, she can't drive. Women are returning home because the lack of living wage jobs. See:
Women Forced Out Of The Workforce Due To The Economy, Not Children
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Parenting/story?id=5424072&page=1
Moving to the cities and towns is not a working solution either. Schools might be closer together, but that does not mean they are effective in teaching knowledge or even a safe enviroment. The real solution is
home schooling period. Keep children at home and it does not cost any more money for cash strapped families and unworkable old schools. IMO as a former educator in the public schools, it will cost far less and much more effective all around.
Another way of dealing with the loss of the yellow buses is to rethink how many children one should have and can support. Most people really don't think of the social and technological rather expensive changes our society has and will continue to undergo when they decide to bring another person into the world. That means that child raising will never be cheap again.