Kid Chauffeurs-- Another Cost Of Suburban Sprawl

Car-dependent families have started hiring chauffeurs to get the kids to camp and other activities.

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July 19, 2002, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"She doesn't need anyone to entertain her," said her mother, Ellen Martin of Chevy Chase. "She has her own laptop, her own DVD player, her summer reading list. She needs someone to drive her around."On the bright side, it's easier to feel the costs of choosing autodependency when they're directly out of pocket.

Thanks to Christopher Forinash

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