She (https://the-partridge-family.fandom.com/wiki/Shirley_Partridge) drove a bus (https://telstarlogistics.typepad.com/telstarlogistics/2008/01/on-the-road-in.html) that wasn’t meant for long trips…on long trips, she had two children under ten years of age (Chris and Tracy) performing on the road (https://books.google.com/books?id=woqy3SpeRxQC&pg=PT29&lpg=PT29&dq=shirley+partridge+neglectful+mother&source=bl&ots=9HPmZSj2C6&sig=ACfU3U34-gDdtY8Oi1d7VJysWW9qhX8SUw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwirvc6f9teFAxUt38kDHdFpCtY4ChDoAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=shirley%20partridge%20neglectful%20mother&f=false), she doesn’t seem to have very much business acumen so her children were performing for minimal amounts of money (https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/danny-bonaduce-annoyed-made-400-partridge-family-episode.html/), and she seemed (https://www.quora.com/What-is-something-dark-about-the-Partridge-Family-that-everyone-seems-to-forget) to be more worried about minor infractions at home rather than what was going to happen to the kids when their careers in show business came to an end.