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Where I live, middle school aged kids still run the risk of big trouble for being unsupervised. 6th grade starts at 11 years old. So the bus can drop them off a
by cool_dude85 4y ago
Where I live, middle school aged kids still run the risk of big trouble for being unsupervised. 6th grade starts at 11 years old. So the bus can drop them off and pick them up, but better be there when they leave and when they get home.
- looperhacks 4y agoMan, living in Germany, we started walking to school or taking the bus alone on the third day of first grade (6yo)
- SoftTalker 4y agoIt was the same for me in the US in the 1970s. I rode the bus to school from first grade. Yes my parents were home in the morning and helped me get ready but I walked to the bus stop in the morning and back home in the afternoon. This notion that parents have to hover over kids and make sure they "get on the bus" is quite recent.
- eertami 4y agoKids walk to and from school at like 5 years old in Europe. In some countries they also walk home for lunch, since there is a break with no childcare where they have to go home to eat. If children are never allowed to learn independence, then you end up in this never-ending feedback loop of required supervision.
- micromacrofoot 4y agoin some places in the US it’s actually illegal to leave you kid unsupervised if they’re under 12, it’s pure insanity