Another idea that one of my neighbors used was contacting their church, or the local senior center...given the economy, she found a grandmotherly person who wanted to supplement her social security income. The woman still drove, and was willing to come to the neighbor's home for an hour or so in the morning, after the parents left for work until the bus came, and then she went back to her own place and returned to meet the kids getting off the bus in the afternoon, and stayed until the first parent got home. She even drove the kids to after-school sports practices on occasion...