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Well, what she describes is the way of parenting in German-speaking parts of Switzerland. Here in Geneva, which is French-speaking, walking alone to school usua
by atemerev 2y ago
Well, what she describes is the way of parenting in German-speaking parts of Switzerland. Here in Geneva, which is French-speaking, walking alone to school usually happens only at 12 years and older kids. We have a lot of differences even within our small country.
- theanonymousone 2y agoWell, if only Geneva was considered Switzerland :D (/s just in case for people unfamiliar with the sarcasm)
- bombcar 2y agoI've been in places where it varies school-to-school in the same town/area. In fact, you can often cause a change yourself if you have a few families that just start having the kids walk. Other times it's an actual policy of the school (they can't really prevent kids from walking to school but they can forbid them to leave without supervision).
- huhtenberg 2y agoGeneva - maybe, but that's not true for Vaud or Valais. Small kids, aged 7 or thereabouts, walk and ride buses to/from school all the time, en masse. This is a routine.
- prmoustache 2y agoI think your experience is more specific to Geneva than German vs French speaking parts in general.
- dgellow 2y agoThe note about differences is true, the country is pretty complicated and fragmented. But where do you get this 12 years old from? I grew up in the 90s, so things may have changed drastically but I remember going to school by myself since 6-7 years old. And it was the same for other kids who wouldn’t live too far from our school. And I’m from Romandie (Vaud, Lausanne to be specific)