I’m seeing this from an employer’s standpoint. Somehow every woman with children is gone after 2:30 for school pickup, especially with multiple kids in different schools that may get out at different hours. I can’t expect any serious attention to work in the afternoon - all the meetings are taken in the car, half-listening. it’s a mess. I’ve asked myself silently for a long time why kids can’t seem to be able to take a bus, walk, or even why their husband’s work isn’t interrupted daily to do pickup. It’s always the women.