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[quote=Anonymous]In 3rd my kid started walking to school on her own, BUT she would leave the house with us and walk across the two major roads to our bus stop before continuing the rest of the way on her own. If I had to, I would have let her walk the whole way on her own, but I never had to. I trusted her to be careful and follow traffic rules, but I trust drivers in this area almost not at all and in 3rd she was still really small and I would absolute stress about some idiot driver not seeing her as they made an illegal turn or ran a light, stuff that happens in our neighborhood all the time, especially at rush hour.

If I'd had to do this, I probably would have set a timer for her to remind her when to leave the house, or called/texted (and then likely had her call/text when she got to school just so I knew she got there safely). I could see doing it but I'd be very annoyed if the reason I had to was the district doing a 2-hour delay for no reason. That's a fake emergency, and I absolutely would have grumbled about it![/quote]

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