school runs
Daily child transport
A school run is the regular trip parents make to drop off or pick up children from school, typically by car.
In British English especially, it refers to this daily routine that creates predictable traffic congestion near schools during morning and afternoon hours.
The school run adds twenty minutes to my commute.
The phrase captures both the journey itself and the broader phenomenon of parents ferrying children rather than having them walk or take buses.
- morningsEarly day periods
- routinesEstablished sequences of actions
- pickupSmall open-bed truck
- drop-offSudden decrease or edge
- homeworkStudent assignments for outside class
parenthood · backpacks · packed lunches · afternoons · term time · lunch · teacher · children · crossing guard · classroom · travels · uniforms · time management · traffic congestion · rush hour · traffic lights · extracurriculars · transportation
- routinesmorning routine, habits, routines, morning routines, procedures
- family dutiescaregiving, childcare, elder care, parenting, family support
- working parentsworking mom, working moms, working dad, dual income, work-life balance
- family lifebirth, kinship, childbirth, pregnancy, new baby
- parentinggentle parenting, child, mom, children, kids
- motherhoodmother, mom, mama, mum, mommy
school runsschool bus
Vehicle transporting pupils
bus route · public transport · walking bus · public transit · shuttle service
school, run, schools, schooled, schooling, schooler, runs, running, runner