Bus Stop Problem. Two Kids are Brats. What can I do??

Question

When we moved into our new home,we were told the bus stop was right across the street from our house. Three days after school started,the bus came from the opposite direction,so the kids would now be standing in our driveway. At first everything was o.k. I had a few small problems with the kids playing around our travel trailer,but that got worked out quickly. Recently,though, two girls have been giving kids at the bus stop some problems. They've been kicking, pushing, and hitting other kids, and the way they've been talking reminds me of the little snobs I went to school with & wanted to punch out. When I step outside my house to correct them,they roll their eyes at me & whisper to each other. Now, if these were my kids,they'd feel what the back of my hand felt like across their face! Talking to the parents won't work, since they're never around. Since this would be considered a personal problem, calling the school won't work.

Any suggestions??

Answer 1

Hitting, kicking and pushing other children are school discipline problems, and you should call the bus company or transportation department about these problems.


Being rude to you, and reminding you of kids you didn't like when you were in school, however, is not something yopu can do anything about. You are the adult, and you need to accept the fact that some kids won't be respectful.

Answer 2

I like all of the answers here except for the one that requires you babysitting other people. I would also have the principal send out a letter to all of the parents whose children ride the bus. This way you are not identified as the one who has expressed a concern. There may be others who are afraid to speak up that would like to have the same driveway problems resolved where other children are involved.

Don't have any contact with the parents; they probably think that their children are angels but do ask that the children who fail to change their behavior not be allowed to ride the bus.

AND yes the liability-if a child is hurt on your property and you are there might be horrible but i would sue the parents for failing to supervise their children. In my area PARENTS are required to supervise their children at the bus stop. Parents could be advised too that if all else fails this will be the next logical sequence of events. Parents of tween and teen children in particular do not seem to like this and often deal with their own children because they don't like being inconvenienced any more than oh say the neighbor whose driveway is the bus pick up spot.

Then there is always the sprinkler idea which unfortunately punishes everyone

I hope this helps

Answer 3

I would call the bus dispatcher. They can make other arrangements for how the kids wait for the bus. In our school district this became a problem until it was made policy that kids are required to wait at their own homes until the bus starts down the street. Some kids are no longer allowed to ride our buses because of behavior (IE bullying) like you're describing. I don't know how your streets are made up, but it takes pressure off of you as the homeowner.

Besides, depending how your home owner's insurance is in our sue-happy world having them waiting in your driveway may be a liability issue with your policy.

Good Luck.

Answer 4

Give them an INCENTIVE program! Tell them, guess what, if you guys take care of this bus stop and all the people that stop here to get on the bus, you will get a reward (sometimes all it takes is an ice-cream cone). Put THEM in charge, but tell them in order to have that responsibility they have to treat everybody coming to that bus stop with respect. Once that is demonstrated, they will be rewarded.

Watch what happens! Kids are often MOTIVATED by the smallest things that will not cost you hardly anything more than your time! It is worth getting involved! You can make the difference in someone's life, even if their own parents don't know how to help them! God bless!

Answer 5

I think you should at least try to call the school. Moving the bus stop will help you but won't help the other kids they're bullying, so try the school before you ask to have the bus stop moved! Thank you for standing up for those kids!

Answer 6

Thisis very simple. Call the police and have them come to the bus stop when the kids are there and have THEM talk to the children. This will fix the problem once and for all. You will be setting the children on a better path in life.

Answer 7

call the school and talk to the principal
call the transportation department for the school district and explain
call the police and explain the situation
then follow up with written explaination of the situation to all three plus the neighborhood property owners assoc. and the local alderman and the mayor...write one letter and send copies.

Answer 8

Call the school, and write letters (put your cell number in there) and send them to the principal and parents if its really that important to you! I would because Bullies can really mess up a childs self esteem, my friend killed himself BC of bullies, we wasnt close but I talked to him in class. I was popular in highschool but I was sweet not snobby and mean! Yeah they sound snobby cuz if I had kids they wouldnt be disrespectful like that! If it continues to happen, and you see one of them push somebody else pull out that belt and start tearing they *** up! They'll really stop then, but make sure you wear a skee mask and stuff so none knows its you. Or you can just hire another bully to stand out there and show them lil bad *** girls how it feels like to be pushed around, trust me these are ways you can get away with it, without getting sued! I wouldnt think twice about doing it! These kids are out of 4uckin control somebody needs to step up to the plate!

Answer 9

You can call the bus company, request that your driveway not be used as a stop, (explain why), they can move the stop, a little farer down the street.

Answer 10

I would still call the school and work through the principal or counselor. I'm guessing this is technically your property, and you have a right to some basic expectations of behavior.