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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People she doesn't feel like doing what she would need to do to accompany her kid to the bus stop!!!  Why is that so hard to understand?  It would disrupt her routine, which isn't worth it to her.  Whatever.  Fair enough.[/quote]

OP here. Thank you. If my child's school start time changed or something else changed, I would change our routine. Our routine is fine the way it is. We live in a neighborhood with large yards and [b]it would be a pain in the ass to walk past the 4 houses plus yards to get to the end of our cul de sac. The bus stop is just out of my vision from our window[/b]. I don't want to wake up my elementary school earlier just so he can hang out with his friends for 15 min on the bus ride to school.[/quote]

And yet you think it is ok for your kindergartener to do this everyday by himself?[/quote]

What the heck is Op even asking?  If waking your 6 year old up early and seeing that he gets to his bus stop safely is a huge pain for you then just continue to drive him.  Yeah, he wants to hang with his friends that's understandable.  But you're the adult and his safety comes first.  Drive him.[/quote]

Or teach him how to walk the 500 ft to the bus stop safely. [/quote]

Not possible because the Op has said that the bus stop is not in view of her house.  I think that having the bus stop out of view like that puts letting a 6 year old walk alone to it undoable.  Or at least that would be out of my own parental comfort zone.  I would either adjust my schedule to wait at the stop with him or I would just leave our routine as is and continue to drive him.

They are only little for such a short time...he'll be a 6 ft tall 9th grader before you know it.  [/quote]

Are you saying that it is impossible to teach a kid how to walk to a bus stop safely if you cannot see them every step of the way? Isn't the definition of "teaching them to do it safely" so that they can do it without you watching them?

I'm 100% on board with doing whatever is within the parent comfort zone (I probably would walk a six year old, myself), but to imply you can't teach them to do it safely if you can't see them is kind of...odd. [/quote]

We are talking about a 6 year old.  A Kindergartner. This conversation is about what is age appropriate for a 6 year old not a 3rd grader or a middle school kid - a Kinder.  I personally would not feel comfortable allowing my 6 year old to walk to and stand at a bus stop that was not in my view.  I would personally feel more comfortable driving the child to school.  That is me.

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