PSA for the drop off line at schools!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about the dad who kisses his daughter on the mouth goodbye? Weird and gross.

You have issues.

My daughter went through a phase where she puckered up and wanted a kiss. I obliged.

In a few years she'll want me to remain 30 feet behind her at all times.

Both are normal. And you are completely whack.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have both options. I prefer walking in and dropping off my child and picking up. I like to have a 30 second conversation to ask how the day went (just want to know if it was a good day or what we need to work on). I hate the pick up line as they bitterly complain about our car seats and refuse to strap in my child properly despite showing them repeatedly.

+1 I actually enjoy my child and enjoy the extra 20 to 30 extra seconds communicating with him.

Are those 20-30 seconds the only time you chat with your child? If so, how sad for you.

I hate people that complain about how everyone should do things they way they want. Teachers are getting the the kids in the car and the line moving, it is your responsibility. Therefore, you pull up and park in a parking spot and fix the straps.

And why doesn't your child know how to put on the straps? My oldest learned at 2 1/2 yrs and my youngest learned at 3 yrs old. Teach your child to be independent and responsible instead of teaching them how to complain about everyone not doing things the way you want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 4 year walks by herself from the carpool line.

Random

It's not random. PP is pointing this out to say that people don't need up weak their child from the carpool spot right to the front door.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have both options. I prefer walking in and dropping off my child and picking up. I like to have a 30 second conversation to ask how the day went (just want to know if it was a good day or what we need to work on). I hate the pick up line as they bitterly complain about our car seats and refuse to strap in my child properly despite showing them repeatedly.

+1 I actually enjoy my child and enjoy the extra 20 to 30 extra seconds communicating with him.

Are those 20-30 seconds the only time you chat with your child? If so, how sad for you.

I hate people that complain about how everyone should do things they way they want. Teachers are getting the the kids in the car and the line moving, it is your responsibility. Therefore, you pull up and park in a parking spot and fix the straps.

And why doesn't your child know how to put on the straps? My oldest learned at 2 1/2 yrs and my youngest learned at 3 yrs old. Teach your child to be independent and responsible instead of teaching them how to complain about everyone not doing things the way you want.

I agree that if the PP wants the child strapped in correctly, the PP should go to the parking lot and park and do it the PP's own self.

But as for the PP's child knowing how to put on the straps -- with the car seat we had, my youngest could clip the chest strap at age 2 or 3 but didn't have hands that were big/strong enough to clip the leg part until age 6. (Yes, my kid was in a 5-point harness at age 6. I have a very small kid.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids take the bus.

This. I live near the middle school I attended 25 years ago. When we were kids, every kid walked or took the bus. To be picked up by your parents (they didn't even have a special point or lane for this -- you just parked across the street) would invite ridicule anyway.

Has something changed since then? The rate of child abduction (at least in MD) by unknown people (as opposed to family members) has not gone up, that much I know.

[Anonymous]

9:38 again. Meant to add that now that same middle school has a line of cars in the entrance and down the street, impeding traffic, at the end of the schoolday.

[Anonymous]

The point is that people should also be considerate of other people. Stopping to say a "special" goodbye can be done when you put your child in your car. Explain that it is considerate of others for her to get out as quickly as possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids take the bus.

This. I live near the middle school I attended 25 years ago. When we were kids, every kid walked or took the bus. To be picked up by your parents (they didn't even have a special point or lane for this -- you just parked across the street) would invite ridicule anyway.

Has something changed since then? The rate of child abduction (at least in MD) by unknown people (as opposed to family members) has not gone up, that much I know.

+ 1,000. I took public transportation to school in NYC starting with 6th grade. I didn't know anyone who got kidnapped.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about the dad who kisses his daughter on the mouth goodbye? Weird and gross.

You have issues.

My daughter went through a phase where she puckered up and wanted a kiss. I obliged.

In a few years she'll want me to remain 30 feet behind her at all times.

Both are normal. And you are completely whack.

+1

[Anonymous]

I can understand not letting kids walk through the parking lot because it's too risky with so many parents chatting away on the cell phone as they drive. However, I can't believe how things fall apart if a teacher isn't there to make sure parents follow the rules. When it rains all hell breaks loose even if the teacher is there. Princess will melt if she has to walk a block in the rain.

[Anonymous]

Isn't this why they invented school busses ... ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have both options. I prefer walking in and dropping off my child and picking up. I like to have a 30 second conversation to ask how the day went (just want to know if it was a good day or what we need to work on). I hate the pick up line as they bitterly complain about our car seats and refuse to strap in my child properly despite showing them repeatedly.

+1 I actually enjoy my child and enjoy the extra 20 to 30 extra seconds communicating with him.

Your school doesn't have a parking lot where you can park and then walk in and drop off your child?

Our school has zero parking available for this. In fact, about a dozen teachers have to park on the neighborhood streets because there aren't enough spaces in the lot for them. That being said, I make sure I am quick at the Kiss and Ride area or park on the streets if I need to walk DS into school. I am stunned that people at other schools get out of their car from the Kiss and Ride area - it's completely selfish and lazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about the dad who kisses his daughter on the mouth goodbye? Weird and gross.

You have issues.

My daughter went through a phase where she puckered up and wanted a kiss. I obliged.

In a few years she'll want me to remain 30 feet behind her at all times.

Both are normal. And you are completely whack.

Why can't you kiss her on the check?

[Anonymous]

Have no problem with parent giving child peck on the mouth. I do have trouble with holding up Kiss and Ride in order to do this.

[Anonymous]

so if dropping your kid off is too big of a hastle I heard they have this great invention called a school bus that drives your kid to school for you.