The school is two blocks away from home.
There are three siblings going together.
2006-09-27 03:33:00 · 26 answers · asked by sswesey 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
I think it really depends on the maturity of the kids. I let my kids walk at 9 y.o. or 3rd grade. But then again I know some 12 and 13 year olds that couldn't be trusted to walk to the corner store. Give them the talk, about strangers and what to do if some one they don't know approaches them or tries to grab them. Never get in a car with a stranger even if they lost a puppy...etc.
2006-09-27 03:36:40 · answer #1 · answered by BabyGirl 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think it depends on the neighborhood and the maturity of the children. You know your children. Are they easily distracted? Do they practice saftety habits well without being reminded? Are they closely bonded where they would stay together and not leave one another behind? Do they do what you tell them? Can they be trusted to go straight to school and come straight home?
If the answers are all yes, then consider the neighborhood. You might want to use one of the services on the Internet that locate child predators in any area. Some neighborhoods have a high concentration of halfway houses and group homes that look perfectly "normal." The only way to tell is by looking at a map of the neighborhood to see.
There is so much to consider these days. Be careful. Abductions can happen in a second to any child that is not prepared to get away. Am I paranoid? Maybe. However, it is better to err on the side of caution rather than to spend a lifetime grieving over a lost child. Glad my son is grown.
2006-09-27 10:44:36 · answer #2 · answered by Chris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I started to walk to school alone when I was 4 years old. My school was about 2 blocks away too. I started to learn things very fast. I could go market and help my mom to buy a bottle of cooking oil and some other kitchen stuff.
You may think why my mom let me walk alone at such a young age; well she had no choice because she was a few months pregnant.
Since, Singapore is a safe country my mom doesn't have to worry so much. She knew what time I will reach school and what time I go home. If I was late, she will go to school and looked for me.
I think, it is because of this I am quite independent.
2006-09-27 10:56:05 · answer #3 · answered by Wenice W 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a tough one. Is there a way you could drop them off at school? Now a days I wouldn't trust other people out there. You hear about all these kidnappings and attemptive kidnappings and what not. Are you willing to risk that? I personally would take the time out of my morning (if possible) and take them to school. But if absolutely necessary, I would say in their teens and make sure they all walk together. Maybe have them get with friends that walk to school as well so they are in a big group and no one tries anything.
2006-09-27 10:37:36 · answer #4 · answered by staysee921 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you watch the news, and read the newspapers, you know that predators are "snatching," children in front of their own home. Please, be a responsible parent (we don't want to hear about your kids on the news) and WALK or drive them, to and from school. Do you want them to be a statistic and on the cover of your local newspaper? Three siblings together, still, a predator can grab one of them and the other two will be in schock and not know what to do. Have you talked to them about what is happening to kids these days?
Get out of the house and walk the kids to and from school - unfortunately, we live in a "different" world. Take care of your kids. A few minutes of watching the news and you realize that a child can be snatched in a second.
2006-09-27 10:43:19 · answer #5 · answered by newyorkgal71 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dear Mom:
The Answer to your question is self evident. You are
not sure of the correct answer, so you came here to
gather a consensus of other opinions. Wrong. Those
other opinions will not help one bit at the hospital when
you look down at your injured child laying there.
Your taxes pay for the bus ride to and from your home.
Your childrens' safety is in the hands of the bus driver.
Whose hands are their safety in on the 2 block walk home from school? Don't delegate your responsibility to someone that is totally unknown to you. You can easily meet and develop a good relationship with their bus driver.
Just laugh at the jeers and criticism, and load them onto the bus each and every day - be safe.
2006-09-27 10:47:07 · answer #6 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know their ages but if one of the children is not older then fourteen and has a cell phone, I wouldn't let them walk along. This is only two blocks but with the way things are going in the world--I don't even trust that. On our local news last night a woman dropped her daughter of at Wal-Mart to do some shopping, while she went to another grocery store close by. A man followed this girl (twelve years old) around while groping himself. Then he tried to molest her. I couldn't believe this.
2006-09-27 10:38:22 · answer #7 · answered by .vato. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depending on their ages and current maturity levels. I would let them walk those 2 blocks. I would also try to urge other parents to allow the kids to walk in a larger group. Today's world is not safe and you just have to keep an eye on those kids.
2006-09-27 10:48:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
At that age kids start wanting their independence so I would let them walk to school and since it is only two blocks I would follow them as to make sure they are safe. It is an ugly world and it is better safe then being sorry.
2006-09-27 10:44:11 · answer #9 · answered by mysticideas 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It really depends on the neighborhood that you live in and the maturity of the oldest child. I would let a 4th or 5th grader walk to school but if there are younger kids involved I would have to decide if that older child can be responsible for them.
2006-09-27 10:38:23 · answer #10 · answered by AlongthePemi 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋