I will say that though I let my child walk to school, most of the parents at that school who are driving their children are not what I would classify as "Millen

I will say that though I let my child walk to school, most of the parents at that school who are driving their children are not what I would classify as "Millennial" (I'm assuming that mostly applies to college aged adults right now). Even as an older parent myself, I will also say that I have some nervousness about letting children walk because I find that drivers are more distracted and careless than they were when I was walking to school. If you are walking at an intersection where a right turn on red is allowed, you better have your head on a swivel because there's a good chance no one is looking at you, at least not where I am. If they need to cross an especially busy street with fast moving traffic, I'm also concerned about drivers with cell phones not paying attention to the road. I'm not sure I trust my 8 year old to have the situational awareness to know that drivers are discourteous or distracted. But... it's worth the risk for the independence, and it is fairly rare that there's a pedestrian involved accident, but not unheard of where I live.