Reply to How old does a child have to be to wait for a school bus alone?

Forum Index » Elementary School-Aged Kids

Reply to "How old does a child have to be to wait for a school bus alone?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can't you just walk him to the stop? [/quote]

I have a second younger child whose preschool starts at 9. I am not even sure what time the bus comes but I know it would be about 40 min earlier than when we need to be out the door.[/quote]

I would never let a child that young do that. Not for many years.[/quote]

You wouldn't let a six-year-old walk half a block to the school bus stop? Would you let an eight-year-old? Would you let a ten-year-old? How old would the child need to be?[/quote]

42.[/quote]

Well, 42 [i]is[/i] the new 6...[/quote]

OP here. I very clearly remember walking home alone from my elementary school in kindergarten. You could see the elementary school from our house. I'm going to guess it was 1.5 blocks.

We moved to Philadelphia when I was 7 years old. I walked several city blocks to go home. I have driven this road as an adult and it was probably about half a mile.

We live in a very safe neighborhood. My son would have to walk to the end of our cul de sac to catch the bus. It is just too much trouble to rush unnecessarily and cut our morning routine by 30 minutes. Since our entire routine from wake up time to out the door is currently about 45 min, I am not going to readjust just so my son can ride the bus with some friends for 15 min.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics