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Originally Posted by Knalus
So, interesting anecdote here.
I take a transit bus to work. There is an elementary school on the route, and last few years there would be the occasional small schoolaged child that would go to that school that would take the bus. Think grade 3 or 4, I think.
Funniest thing is, that everyone on the bus was looking out for these kids. If the kid dropped her mitten - someone would grab it for her and make sure she didn't forget it. If she fell asleep, and it would be her stop, someone would wake her up.
It felt good knowing that these parents still would let their child take the bus, and not be afraid of the rest of us that were on the bus with the kid, and it also felt pretty good seeing how everyone had the kids best interest at heart.
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I strongly agree here. I'm not saying what Corral is seeing isn't real, but it certainly isn't my experience. I've been riding the train almost daily for about 10 years, and I actually struggle to think of a single experience where my kids would be in actual danger. Some uncomfortableness for sure, but almost all instances I can think of fall well outside the time you'd expect a child to be on the train alone.
I know it's popular to claim the world is slipping straight into hell, but I can't help but feel people see what they want to see. Perhaps I'm guilty of the exact same thing going the other way, but it seems like people are quite helpful. They may be shy, but they're helpful. The last few pregnant women I've seen on the train create an almost comical and awkward display of people jumping out of their seats to let her sit.