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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would absolutely trust the input of a longtime cop. Especially a cop who was on the force in the same city where she will be traveling to school daily.

OP, why are you balking at his clear, professional opinion on this? Are you worried that DD won't grow up to be independent enough if she doesn't do this on her own? It's not coddling her or denying her independence to say no to this. Instead you will teach her that learning to exercise appropriate caution is as important a life skill as doing everything independently, and heeding the advice of people with experience is the smart thing to do.

So, to your question: No.[/quote]

I disagree, my H is a cop and my kids would never drive, take the metro, go down to the creek, go far away to college, etc if it were up to him.

They see the worst in the world and project it onto their family.

My advice, call the school and ask them their opinion.

While I would not be happy sending my kid "alone" my Gonzaga friends do it all the time because they are not alone, once they get off the stop there are tons of kids to walk with.

I went to school in DC and took the metro bus... alone.[/quote]

Gonzaga doesn't have middle school.  Are you saying you wouldn't let your highschooler ride the metro?  [/quote]  +1   Gonzaga is a high school, are people that live in the DMV really not letting their high schoolers metro to school by themselves?   My kid has been taking metro by  himself from SE, DC to his upper NW high school since he started there.  I don't know how people that are that overprotective even like living in a metropolitan area.  [/quote]

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