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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, if you're "flustered" over this, I'm not sure you're going to survive living in the DC area. Lol.

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This was my thought exactly! OP, do whatever you like and your neighbors will continue to do what they like.  No one cares, and even if they do, so what.[/quote]

Good lord, yes. Nobody cares. [b]They are there because they have the time and probably want to socialize. [/b]You don't have to do this if you don't want to. Send your 5th grader alone and don't worry about it.[/quote]

[b]How come in the 70/80's when the majority of moms were SAHM - none of them were at the bus stops, morning or afternoon. Did they not have time?  Did they not want to socialize?  [/b]Maybe they just felt their kids were able to do and it was the kid's thing.  Not a parent socialization thing? I walked home from K half day with 3 other K students.  I remember always planning our afternoon before the big kids came home. We would eat lunch when we got home and talked about our day.  Then we would meet back outside to play horse stables on the fence or bike in the cul de sac before the big kids took over playing stick ball.  [/quote]

LOL.  The whole point is that when they were all SAHMs, they had ALL DAY to socialize with each other, so there was no need to drag themselves to the bus stop each morning for a quick chat before work.

To me, this whole thread feels like "Made Up Drama".  Different people like different things and for different reasons.

For example, some parents like to see each other in the mornings before starting their days, others are not interested in that.  Some who choose to go see each other at the bus stop enjoy light chit-chat and a light level of connection, while others end up having some more substantive conversations that help create their more "real" friendships.

Why not just do what works for you, and stop judging others do what works for them?  Live and let live, baby![/quote]

+1. Not seeing how this is controversial. Only on DCUM lol. [/quote]

Agree.  No one can make a call on whether someone is a helicopter parent from this one scenario.  I don't go to the bus stop down the street from us, but I can tell you that the parents who do are in no way helicopter parents and their kids get plenty of time to develop independence, running around the neighbourhood after school, on weekends, etc.  These are laid back parents who enjoy a quick chat and have time to see their kids off to school.  NBD, perfectly normal.  And calling people selfish because they enjoy talking with their neighbours for a couple minutes a day?  Really?  Isn't that an example of a thriving neighbourhood?  On the flip side, people who don't go to the bus stop, whether deliberately or out of necessity, are also perfectly wonderful parents.  There is no right or wrong answer here.  Majority of these kids will turn out GREAT and I bet if you put all these bickering parents in a room you would find that you all are actually pretty close in your parenting styles in the scheme of things. You simply can't (and shouldnt) judge someone so harshly based on one innocuous snipit of their life   In the end, for most of these kids, whether you waited at the bus stop or not will have little impact on their success and happiness.[/quote]

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