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OP here. I drive my kid to school everyday. In those 40 min, I would be showering and getting myself and younger child ready for preschool. If my kid can't go to the bus stop alone, I am going to continue to drive him at 8:40.[/quote]

OP, suppose you did the following:

1. Find out when the bus comes.
2. Figure out the timing. For example, if the bus comes at 8:00 am, what time would you have to leave the house to get to the bus stop, and what time would you get back? Also, if you didn't have to drive your older child to school, what time would you have to leave the house to get your younger child to preschool?
3. See if you can figure out a way to make that work.[/quote]

OP here. I am fairly certain the bus comes between 8:00 and 8:10. We currently leave our house around 8:35 to get to school by 8:40. If I were to walk my son to the bus, we would need to walk out of the house around 8. I just don't think this is going to work. DS will just have to continue getting driven to school by me.[/quote]

I am a pretty laid back mum, but I wouldn't add elements of rushing and stress to the morning, nor lose one minute of sleep, to give my child what he wants in this case. Rest and a slow start to the day crucial to me.

He's old enough to understand that a less rushed morning is good for him, too.

If he feels cheated out of something by not riding the bus, try and find ways to make the car ride special (e.g. an audiobook he only gets to listen in the car x days a week, stressing how nice it is to have time to talk to Mum, word games you play only in the car, a small treat you approve of, things along these lines).[/quote]

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