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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I used to live two blocks away from a school and you would be surprised how many close calls there are with kids parents and traffic around a school area. The safest way unfortunately is to drive them there and drop them off. That school was on a main drive however which compounds the issues as you have local traffic and school traffic. If a school is tucked away like the one in Arbor Lake one of my boys go to it's not as big a deal.
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I wouldn't be surprised at all. I have two kids that walked 1km to school from the time they were elementary. Can't remember the exact grade, maybe grade threeish? I realize there are risks, but if anything kids walking to school now are safer than when we were young. They have reflective #### on their shoes and backpacks, they've been taught well, cars are safer and stop faster (and more and more are doing so automatically), and - most importantly - they need to learn how to navigate the world. I don't subscribe to the school of thought where you try to change the world to suit your kid; your kid has to work with the world in which we live.
I just can't believe we're talking about driving our kids to school instead of walking. Walking was fun. Hang with your buddies. Get exercise. Make impromptu plans with each other. This is weird.