bean29
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Post by bean29 on Sept 5, 2014 8:50:29 GMT -5
I live in WI in a suburban neighborhood. My house is on the corner of a cul de sac and a road that runs throught the neighborhood and connects to another road that circles the subdivision. Grade school bus stop is on the corner right in front of my house. Middle school bus stop is 1 block (2 houses) up. and the HS bus stop is 2 houses over.
I see a few cars this week, but otherwise you see them on really cold days. Last winter was the coldest winter in 30 years so you can't fault parents for being a little protective. We know most of the parents on the street and a good 50-75% of the neighbors...our cul de sac neighbors like to have regular block parties. On regular school days the kids generally walk to the bus stop together. The Mom I see most often waiting in her car works at UWM, so she is on her way to work. My immediate next door neighbors walk the kids to the bus stop frequently, and on really cold days even they will wait in the car even though they are one house over from the bus stop.
We used to drop the kids off at school, DH didn't want the kids to ride the bus, and we were early on the route so the kids would have had to get up extremely early, so we just ran them to school on our way home. After school Grandma and Grandpa watched them...so until they were old enought to stay home alone (middle school) someone met them after school and took them to Grandma and Grandpas. In Middle School our subdivision was redistricted and DD did not want to go to the new attendance area school. Her Grandpa picked her up every day after school for a year or so.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2014 8:53:37 GMT -5
any maybe they do....what that has to do with walking to the bus stop is beyond me. in middle school I drove my kids to the bus stop because I passed it on my drive to work. In HS I drove DD to the bus stop when it was pitch black out - yet she still managed to play soccer, tennis and be on the swim team. It has nothing to do with walking to the bus stop. I was merely responding to the post referring to obesity. which was made in the context of parents driving kids to the bus stop. my point is just because parents drive their kids to the bus stop doesn't mean the kids and/or parents don't walk anywhere.
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zibazinski
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Post by zibazinski on Sept 5, 2014 8:54:38 GMT -5
It looks like, from what I see, one or two parents seem to take turns keeping an eye on the kids. I'm sad that the need is there or that they feel the need is there.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2014 8:58:09 GMT -5
It has nothing to do with walking to the bus stop. I was merely responding to the post referring to obesity. which was made in the context of parents driving kids to the bus stop. my point is just because parents drive their kids to the bus stop doesn't mean the kids and/or parents don't walk anywhere. Okay. Whatever. I'm not in the mood to disagree with anyone this morning.
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Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Sept 5, 2014 9:00:02 GMT -5
Parents can't win. Either they aren't watching their kids enough because they are too busy on their iphones or they watch them TOO much.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Sept 5, 2014 9:23:10 GMT -5
It's now normal for the kids on our road to be driven to the bus. This because we have cougars and a number of registered pedophiles living near us. It's true. I'm an older woman looking for a younger man. Well, maybe not that young. We have no schools in our town; all our kids are bused to the next town over, so walking would be out of the question, given that the closest school is an elementary, and that's a three-mile trip one-way. The bus stops are a mixed bag. On my street, parents mostly walk the elementary kids to the stop, which is on our street. Middle and high school kids never have a chaperone, it seems. Not even a parent lurking in a nearby car, I noticed. One group a few blocks away, it's a gaggle of parents on the street, actually talking to each other and the kids, which I really thought was cool. Just four blocks from them, no kids or parents waiting outside, but a gaggle of cars parked around the bus stop, and as the bus pulls up, doors fly open and kids make the dash. I'd hope the parents would talk to each other. The kids in my town all go to the same public elementary, middle and high schools, so they will be seeing each other for years to come.
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Chocolate Lover
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Sept 5, 2014 13:26:55 GMT -5
My cousins used to get a ride to and from the bus stop that wasn't far from home because of the not so friendly neighborhood dog.
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Wisconsin Beth
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Sept 5, 2014 13:51:36 GMT -5
I won't let my kids ride the bus yet. Part of it is that I didn't trust the bus drivers when the kids were younger. Part of it is that the pickup is like 815 and neither DH or I can flex our work hours enough to accommodate that. Actually, I lie, my boss did agree to let me start later or earlier but she wanted me to pick the option that was best for ME not my family or work. And starting earlier means I can pick up the kids and haul our butts to the gym. AND on the days we don't go to the gym, we can hang out at the playground or run errands or do after school stuff.
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