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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They probably *could* have done that in elementary school (by 4th grade) but I wouldn't have expected them to do that until they were in Middle School.

We were living in a new housing development when my youngest began catching the bus for Middle School. We didn't know too many people in the neighborhood and construction kept a constant traffic of strangers coming to work on the houses being built.  Technically my MS kid was more than capable of getting to/from the bus stop all by himself.  But I was glad to be there to see him off in the morning and to make sure that he got home safely from school in the afternoon.  We lived a good distance from the school, didn't really know anyone so if he missed the bus and I hadn't been there for him that would have been a problem.  I was glad to be home for our High School kid for the same reason. [/quote]

This post is not helpful.[/quote]

Well, I'm sorry.  My point is that situations vary.  In our old neighborhood where we knew everyone up and down our block and my kids had friends to walk to/from the bus stop with and I knew other adults that could have given them a ride to/from school if necessary, maybe it wouldn't have been so essential that I be at home for middle school and HS kids.  Op is asking for a specific age and my answer is - it varies based on the circumstances.[/quote]

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