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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hmmm....lets see.  My six year old believes a guy makes toys for every kid in the whole world and delivers them in a single night with the help of flying reindeer.  My child is scared of monsters and scary movies.  My child is not old enough to legally be home alone.   Nope.  I would not allow my child to wait alone at a bus stop.  I don't think a six year old is mature enough to handle that and it would be cruel of me to allow it knowing how overwhelmed she'd be if something went wrong.

What I would do is ask around to find a stop with multiple kids, get the bus times for that stop and perhaps set up a schedule with other parents to take turns waiting with the kids.  If that wasn't possible, I would drive my child to school.

My six year old does not have a cell phone and does not know how to make a call.  If my child missed the bus while waiting all alone I wouldn't know until the police and CPS gave me a call.  I'd like to skip that call.

OP your son will have plenty of time to do this when he is old enough.  Right now he is not.  [/quote]

No, right now[i] your[/i] kid is not ready, and that's okay. Let others decide what is okay for their kid. [/quote]

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