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One of the main reasons we moved to the community we did is that I was driving by a house on what happened to be the last day of school and saw multiple element
by war1025 8y ago
One of the main reasons we moved to the community we did is that I was driving by a house on what happened to be the last day of school and saw multiple elementary school aged kids walking home alone or in groups.
When I was little I would take the shuttle bus after school to the school for slightly older kids (4th and 5th grade), and from there a pack of probably 5 of us would walk to our baby sitter's half a mile away (just checked on maps).
Happy to know there are at least some parts of the US that haven't given up on children being capable little humans.
- mmsimanga 8y agoI also caught the school bus and sometimes walked home if I missed the bus. The driver a kindly but no-nonsense type of man used to kick you off the bus if you were being naughty (imagine doing that today). That meant you had a long walk home but taught one not to throw things on a bus :-). I digress, in South Africa catching the bus to school is closely related to financial standing. The poorer folk who do not own cars really have no choice but to put their children on the bus. There is no judgement and all the kids catch the bus. The middle and upper-class folk drop their kids off. I can't help but wonder if the kids catching the bus will grow up to be more independent and more balanced. Not only do they catch the bus, often their parents cannot afford aftercare so they begin to cook and look after themselves at scandalously young ages. I use the word scandalous sarcastically because in my day there was no aftercare and we could make ourselves a sandwich from a pretty young age.