how old kid walk to school?

Answer 1

if he/she is close then about 10

Answer 2

Well it depends on what kind of area you live in. If you are really close to the school and there are crossing guards out then I would think 1st grade is fine as long as the child is not alone. Have them walk with a friend who lives nearby. I start walking to school in kindergarten but I was with a group of kids and there were crossing guards everywhere. Judge use your best judgment and your child should be fine. Anything can happen at anytime whether your child is walking being driven or taking a bus. It's just a matter of your ability to make sure he is as safe as possible.
Good Luck.

Answer 3

I wonder this as well. I lived across the street from my school as a kid and now with my three boys at school I am hesitant to let them walk. We live on a main road and they have to cross two streets (one busy) and a train overpass to get to their school. The bus cut off point is 200m up the road so they have to pay for the bus after year2. My eldest is in year 5 this year and i think I'll let him walk this year. I would walk with him the first few times if i can.......... It is hard to know cos of all the weirdo's in the world etc.

Answer 4

All of the previous answers sound like very scared parents. While I am a parent, and I advocate that you take distance, maturity,etc. into your decision, I simply cannot live in fear of my child being taken. This seems like a really isolated way to live.
My son is in Kindegarten. I allow him to play, unsupervised, in a 1 block radius (where I know all the parents and kids.) I've taught him what to do if a stranger approaches and we've practiced it. He does not walk to school, but will next year (with a friend). We live only 1/2 a block from the campus and I can see him from my porch the whole way. No one can make this decision for you. I've decided that I want my child to develop self-sufficiency and I've given him all the tools to do it in a moderately safe environment.

Answer 5

I am struggling with this issure myself. My 10 year olds want to walk to school and they have to cross a busy street that has a school crossing guard. But before they get there they have to criss cross through neighborhoods. All of their friends supposidely do it but I can't let them. I am just too afraid with people grabbing kids. I did buy them a prepaid cell phone and I am considering letting them do it in the spring time. There are plenty of other parents in my neighborhood who let their 7 years olds do it alone. I saw a kid 7 years old walking in -14 degree weather just the other day, I couldnt believe it! Good luck.

Answer 6

Back home in Texas if the kids lives like a block or two from the school you'd often see 1st graders walking home. Where I live now {the lowest crime rate in the nation} you see kindergarden kids walking home. To me that is SCAREY I'd never let my kid walk home that young not until they were atleast 10 and mature enough

Answer 7

well conseder , the age of child both the year age and the maturity age , how far is the school from home , how well is the neighbor hood do u know pepole along the route the child will be taking , is it a busy traffic area etc , , my kids were in 3rd grade when i let them start walking to school by self it was easy for me sence i had twins in third grade there for the buddy system after they left the schoolmy daughtwer walked her first year byself then the folowing ear her bro went there so now my one son is walking to the same school by himself hes been doign this sence third gade , i only live a few blocks from the school and there sno major streets etc , i a half a blck from the block te school is on but like i said its five blocks down , i know alot of pepole on the block not all of them by name but by sight and we have stoped and talked and the have told me thery have said hi to my kids and they just kept walking , i tolfd them im glade cause i taught my kids dont talk to know one on the way to school or on th eway home , i have also told my kids whos house they can go to for help on the way to and from schooll etc , i have 2 that are in jr high and the crossing gards know me and will tell me he i seen so and so doing this n that so i dont worrie but i do stress a time limit on when to be hom e ie 30 minutes for my jr high kids from the time schools out till they walk in the door 20 minutes for my 5th grader . heres a way u can teach your son/daughter to walk on own , let the child walk te route with u showing them the dos and donts , after u have established the route , let your child leave no more than 4 minutes before u and follow them at about a block distance making sure they look both ways etc do this for a week , the folowin week increase the space u have between u , in about 3 weeks u will be comfortable with your son/daughter walking on own

Answer 8

Today in this world I will not allow my child to walk to school. I did it not too long ago I am still in early 20's . But now children are taken from the bus stops, bike riding.. and all because parents feel that it is safe. NO! All parents should walk child to school/drop off and meet them at bus stop. Once is able to drive, either ride along w/ friends of allow them to drive. I explain it to my daughter that there are mean people out there.. I would rather have her mad at me for not allowing her freedom than crying on tv. begging her kidnapper for her return ! Dont Do It!

Answer 9

Depends what age you consider a kid to be? I never let my daughter walk to school on her own, and that was 15yrs ago and I definitely would not let her in this day and age! At 14 she would walk but with at least 3 others as I strongly believe that "safety is in numbers" even though we lived in a so called safe trouble free area, you just never know who just drove in!!!

Answer 10

I walked to school from kindergarten til we moved in the 6th grade. It was about a mile to my kindergarten school.

My son is 6 and my husband takes him to school every morning, and I pick him up. Even if we lived closer (we're about 5 minutes away by driving) I would still take him or walk with him. Too many pedophiles and stuff out nowadays.

Answer 11

if the kid's going with a group of friends or walking with some one, the I'd say 7yrs. if it's walking by themselves, then 10. of course, this depends if it's a long walk or not. if it's only a block or two, 7, if it's 4 or 5 blocks, the 10.

:D