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thanks, understood.
to me that's in the "being flexible / reasonable" category but i can see that if your employer insists that you are in the office and / or on line at a set time then it will have an impact.
someone I work with regularly leaves mtgs / the office at 3:15pm to get back to do school pick up but then is regularly working (on line, at home) at 9pm on a friday night.
ChasnotRobert
2 kids. One school, one nursery. The days me and my OH are WFH we will do the drop off and start at 9.15 (2 days for me, 3 for them).
This means we don't have to pay for breakfast club for either of them.
Nursery is late pickup, but the one in school will do the after school club. Previously they did some after school club but wfh gave the flex to pick them up so it wasn't required every day. It did mean not doing quite a full day with making dinner and fielding questions, but by 5yo they're pretty self sufficient. And not having the commute makes working later easier if needed. That wasn't 5 days for both of us, but rather 1 day for each of us.
School clubs aren't too expensive. But it does add up and it is out of post tax income. I think wage stagnation plays a factor in this.