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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would not let a K and 4th grade student walk to school, but I would consider 1st and 5th.  However, I would do several things first.

1. Review the pages in The Gift of Fear about letting your children walk alone.  They should have some safe houses to go to if they are scared, and they should do a few practice walks beforehand.  I can't remember all of the tips, but he has some good ones.

2.  Search the sex offender registry for the area your child is walking through to see if any registered sex offenders live there.

3.  Consider the sibling relationship.  My kids fight with each other all the time.  I wouldn't have them walk together.  They could most likely walk together with a group of friends.

4. Go over the Somer Thompson case.  This was a 7 year old girl in FL walking to school with her twin, older sister and a group of friends.  One of the friends made fun of Somer, and she ran off ahead of the other kids.  She never made it home.  She was killed by a neighbor who was a registered sex offender.

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/day-somer-thompson-disappeared-10377604

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/somer-thompson-case-resource-guide-parents/story?id=10384913

Parents were shocked to learn that 162 registered predators and sex offenders worked and lived within a 5 mile radius of Somer's home -- and those were only the ones police knew about. The seemingly pristine neighborhood was infested with people you would never want near your children. 
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I mean this seriously and with no snark--it is hard to be you? I mean the anxiety? ? I am really not being mean. I can't imagine what it must be like to live like that.[/quote]

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