Even as an elementary school kid I walked to school by myself or with class mates. My older brother, being in middle school by then would walk over to the next

Even as an elementary school kid I walked to school by myself or with class mates. My older brother, being in middle school by then would walk over to the next train station in the next town and take the train to his school by himself. I would do the same later-on. If your parents brought you to school every day you'd probably have been made fun of by all the other kids.