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[quote]Sounds bratty to say she can't bother to learn how to take a bus and insists on being driven

Totally agree. I don’t have a car. Dd has been taking mass transit by herself since the end of fourth grade. Now going into tenth, she knows Uber is only for extreme circumstances. I’d tell your daughter she can sit in her room staring at the wall until she’s ready to use the resources given to her, and take away all electronics. Your daughter is being a little shit, and you want to “gently introduce her to the bus “ even though she’s taken it before? Come on! [/quote]

The word bratty is lazy vocabulary and shows very little insight into how kids think. Your punitive approach is "shitty" and calling other people's children "little shits" is just plain unnecessary.  How about taking your anger out on someone else instead of this public forum?

My kids both take the public bus by themselves, and have done so since the middle of fifth grade.  I rode the bus with both of them until they felt comfortable doing it, and that did the trick.  Your daughter will not want to take the bus with you once she feels confident taking it, and once she sees other kids on the bus by themselves as well.  Check with the school to see if there are other kids who are taking the bus, and try to connect her with them.  Both of my kids were on buses with many other public school kids and that made the transition to solo riding easier.[/quote]

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