University Park and Highland Park ranked as having the tenth most stressful school run in the country on a recent survey of more than 3,000 parents from AMFM Healthcare.
The survey listed 128 “school-run hotspots” nationwide. According to AMFM, its research identified “the areas where parents experience the greatest school drop-off stress, with traffic congestion, fear of being late, unsafe driving, parking difficulties and pressure to get to work afterwards among the biggest sources of strain.”
University Park and Highland Park ranked as having the second most stressful school run in Texas. Katy, Houston, was listed as the state’s most stressful school run, and West University Place, Houston, came in third.
About University Park and Highland Park, AMFM wrote: “Curb space can become part of the problem when large numbers of families arrive within the same drop-off window, with parents also having to watch for pedestrians and crossing guards while judging where they can safely stop. By the time children leave the car, what should be a short neighborhood journey can already feel like the first major challenge of the day.”
When asked if they could permanently remove one household responsibility from their lives, 27% of parents surveyed chose to eliminate the school run. Twenty-four percent chose to eliminate cleaning, 16% yard work, 13% cooking dinner, 11% grocery shopping, and 9% laundry.
Other school runs in the top ten were:
- Park Slope, Brooklyn
- Upper East Side, New York City
- Katy, Houston
- Berkeley Hills, Berkeley
- Levittown, Long Island
- Bethesda, Washington, D.C. metro
- Summerlin, Las Vegas
- Kendall, Miami
- Paramus, Bergen County
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