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[quote=Anonymous]This morning after waiting for the bus 30 minutes in the snow with my 1st grader, I decided we were going to walk back home and drive to school, one mile away.
There were other kids at the bus stop, three of the older ones were there without parents. There were three kids I know, two brothers (5th and 4th grade) and a girl (5th grade) and I offered them a ride to school.
First they said yes. When we were walking, they started talking among themselves, and told me they would just go home and ask the brothers mom to drive them. We all knew that the mom was home with 2 toddlers, so I said that it was easier if they would just come with me. Then the older boy said to me 'stranger danger'.

I could have walked to the brothers house and talked to the mom and say 'look, the bus hasn't come, we are all frozen and have wet feet, I can drive your kids and the girl to school'. But it was two blocks away, and I didn't.

I am from another part of the world, where horrible things also happen, but I feel that people trust each other a bit more. I am interested in what you think of these kids judgement and the 'stranger danger' situation they felt given that:
- I see them every day
- I know the mom (we have not been to each other's houses, but we see each other every day)
- I know where they live
- I know where I live, 4 blocks from them
- They are 4th and 5th grade
- there were three of them
- I am a woman, and I was with my own son (somehow, I think these two are important too)
- the school is one mile away, no highway, 25 mile speed limit.

We all want our kids to be cautious, but is this the reaction and judgement that you would expect from your kid?
Thank
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